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• Afrofuturism

  a History of Black Futures

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  "The companion volume to an exhibition at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, this stunning collection conveys the range, creativity, and dynamism of Afrofuturism and demonstrates its profound impact on popular…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Parable of the Sower

  Butler, Octavia E.

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  The book most often associated with Afrofuturism, and a must read. "The time is 2025. The place is California, where small walled communities must protect themselves from hordes of desperate scavengers and a roaming band of people addicted…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Star Child

  a Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

  Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,

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  "Haitian American novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler expereinced an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fifth Season

  Jemisin, N. K,

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  "Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, masquerading as an ordinary schoolteacher in a quiet small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Mighty Sanze, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Children of Blood and Bone

  Adeyemi, Tomi,

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  "Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pet

  Emezi, Akwaeke,

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  "There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature who some might call monstrous but, in reality, is anything but, she must reconsider what she’s been told. Pet has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To Boldly Go

  How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights

  Dalton, Angela,

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  "To Boldly Go tells the true story of Nichelle Nichols and how she used her platform on Star Trek to inspire and recruit a new generation of diverse astronauts and many others in the space and STEM fields. As Lieutenant Uhura on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Panther

  Tales of Wakanda : An Anthology of the Marvel Universe

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  "The first mainstream superhero of African descent, Black Panther has attracted readers of all races and colors who see in the King of Wakanda reflections of themselves. Storytellers from across the African Diaspora—some already literary…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gilded Ones

  Forna, Namina,

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  "Inspired by the culture of West Africa, a feminist fantasy debut traces the experiences of an intuitive girl who is invited to leave her discriminatory village to join the emperor's army of near-immortal women warriors." Publisher's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Binti

  the Complete Trilogy

  Okorafor, Nnedi,

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  "Binti, a young Himba girl with the chance of a lifetime: to attend the prestigious Oomza University. Despite her family's concerns, Binti's talent for mathematics and her aptitude with astrolabes make her a prime candidate to undertake…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jackie Ormes Draws the Future

  the Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist

  Montague, Liz,

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  Authored by Liz Montague, the first African-American woman to have her illustrations featured in the legendary New Yorker magazine, this picture book explores the life and work of the first Black female American cartoonist who created…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Darkwater : voices from within the veil / W. E. B. Du Bois

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  Before the term “Afrofuturism” was coined, Black intellectuals were already exploring the idea of escaping the oppressive state of Blackness by looking toward science fiction. Writer and editor W.E.B. DuBois, one of the founders of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Freewater

  Luqman-Dawson, Amina,

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  While Freewater may also be categorized as historical fiction, it tells the story of enslaved Africans in the US South who imagined and created a free world and haven for themselves in the swamps of the South during U.S. Slavery. Freewater…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mae Among the Stars

  Ahmed, Roda,

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  Inspired by the life of the first African American woman to travel in space, Mae Jemison. Mae imagined a future where she was in space and it became our reality!

• Tristan Strong Destroys the World

  Mbalia, Kwame,

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  "Middle grade fantasy set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods." Publisher's description.

• The Changeling

  a Novel

  LaValle, Victor, 1972-

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  "Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood. An antiquarian book dealer with a business called Improbabilia, he is just beginning to settle into his new life as a committed and involved father, unlike his own…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Maya and the Rising Dark

  Barron, Rena,

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  "Twelve-year-old Maya is the only one in her South Side Chicago neighborhood who witnesses weird occurrences like werehyenas stalking the streets at night and a scary man made of shadows plaguing her dreams." When Papa goes missing, Maya…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Intuitionist

  a Novel

  Whitehead, Colson, 1969-

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  "It is a time of calamity in a major metropolitan city's Department of Elevator Inspectors, and Lila Mae Watson, the first black female elevator inspector in the history of the department, is at the center of it. There are two warring…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Futures

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  "A collection of work—images, photos, essays, memes, dialogues, recipes, tweets, poetry, and more—to tell the story of the radical, imaginative, provocative, and gorgeous world that Black creators are bringing forth today."

• Mothership

  Tales From Afrofuturism and Beyond

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  "A groundbreaking speculative fiction anthology that showcases the work from some of the most talented writers inside and outside speculative fiction across the globe." Publisher's description.