RE: https://mas.to/@nnedi/117414695668124551
Read Nnedi Okorafor's essay on the distinction between *africanfuturism* and *afrofuturism* here: https://nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/africanfuturism-defined.html
Quote: "Africanfuturism is concerned with visions of the future, is interested in technology, leaves the Earth, skews optimistic, is centered on and predominantly written by people of African descent (black people) and it is rooted first and foremost in Africa. It's less concerned with "what could have been" and more concerned with "what is and can/will be". It acknowledges, grapples with and carries "what has been"."
The essay dives in more.
Both genre's are awesome and the distinction is very important.
After reading the essay, go read some books within both genre's. To get started with africanfuturism, look here: https://nnedi.com/books/
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