Afrofuturism as Expression: Literature, Dance, and Black Abstraction

Afrofuturism is an invitation into the portals of Black possibilities within familiar and unfamiliar realms. Derek (DK) Nnuro moderates a conversation with André Zachary, Nana Nkweti, and Deborah Goffe on the expressions of those possibilities in literature and dance, and a work of Black abstract art from the Stanley Museum of Art’s collection. Q&A follow. During the presentation, presenters and audience members shared the following links in the chat: Kara Walker, no world, from An Unpeopled Land in Unchartered Waters, colored etching, drypoint, and aquatint with sugarlift and spitbite on Hahnemühle Copperplate wove paper, 2010. https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-ob... Brooklyn Academy of Music, DanceAfrica Performance 2021. https://www.bam.org/danceafrica Welcome to Drexciya. https://cloneclassiccuts.bandcamp.com... Presented in partnership with The Center for Afrofuturist Studies. Recorded June 3, 2021.