AFROFUTURISM IS NOT FOR CONTINENTAL AFRICANS.
The term 'afrofuturism' was coined by Mark Dery, and denotes "speculative fiction that addresses African-African themes and ... African-American concerns in the context of twentieth-century technoculture - and, more genrally, African-American signification that appropiates images of a prosthetically enhanced future ..."
AFROFUTURISM WAS CREATED NEITHER FOR CONTINENTAL AFRICANS, NOR BY CONTINENTAL AFRICANS. THE PRESENCE OF THE PREFIX "AFRO-" DOES NOT MITIGATE THAT FACT.
Continental Africans need something separate from Afrofuturism. Something that we can truly call our own.
In her essay "Afrofuturism: Ayashis' Amateki," Mashigo delves into why.
When you have a minute to spare, read it here: https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2018/10/01/afrofuturism-is-not-for-africans-living-in-africa-an-essay-by-mohale-mashigo-excerpted-from-her-new-collection-of-short-stories-intruders/
https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2018/10/01/afrofuturism-is-not-for-africans-living-in-africa-an-essay-by-mohale-mashigo-excerpted-from-her-new-collection-of-short-stories-intruders/
The JRB presents 'Afrofuturism: Ayashis' Amateki', an essay by Mohale Mashigo, which serves as the preface to her new collection of short st
