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Is afrofuturism an american thing?
Is it a thing outside the african-american diaspora?
@zatnosk I’ve seen some recent afrofuturist short films from Nigeria and Kenya, for what it’s worth. I think the origin and centre is still African-American though.
@zatnosk (But also see this overview of African SFF from a few years ago. I hesitate to recommend it because it’s complied by a white guy, but it’s pretty interesting all the same: http://strangehorizons.com/100-african-writers-of-sff/ )
@ghost_bird thanks. It's good to know it's not solely american.
And thanks for the list - I'm afraid I don't have much time to sift through it for more than a glance at stuff. :/
@zatnosk I think the tricky thing is that there’s no one easy definition of afrofuturism, so anything vaguely futuristic and related to Africa gets the label. But Kenyan and Nigerian SF are their own thing too.
@ghost_bird @zatnosk if non-US-ian afrofuturism doesn't exist in a meaningful or visible way to you, then my first instinct would be to encourage you to make that. In whatever way you can.