Women of Afrofuturism

Harvey Milk Terminal 1
Women of Afrofuturism
Afrofuturism, an artistic and sociopolitical liberation movement, examines the past, questions the present, and reimagines the futures of Black people. Afrofuturism explores the Black experience through a combination of science fiction, magical realism, mythology, history, and technology in genres ranging from literature and music to fashion, film, and visual arts. Long before the term Afrofuturism was coined in the 1990s, Black women visionaries served as spearheads of the movement. Katherine Johnson and other Black female computers’ calculations at NASA helped launched rockets and astronauts into space in the ’50s and ’60s. Octavia Butler, the first nationally recognized Black woman science fiction writer, paved the way for a host of Black women speculative fiction writers working today. This exhibition celebrates the women of Afrofuturism who continually imagine inclusive, joyful, and luminous futures for Black people while simultaneously addressing present issues and past injustices.
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Afatasi the Artist in one of her designs 2024
San Francisco
Photograph © Aaron Garrette | 94SHOTS