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[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 47 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Cool beans, seems interesting.

It's pretty gross how ignored a fucking giant arse slice of the world drenched in history and cultures is.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 26 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's pretty gross how ignored a fucking giant arse slice of the world drenched in history and cultures is.

I recall reading an article by a black fiction writer who said that among the difficulties facing black authors is where their fiction is even placed in a bookstore; he (she? Can't recall who the author was) said their book was placed in the 'black interest' section, meaning their entirely fictional, sci-fi novel was sharing the same space with books about Martin Luther King. Most likely novels regarding Africanfuturism would also be placed in the same section and most wouldn't even know they exist.

[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ooof that sucks. I guess that is a bit of a tricky one in the bookstore. On one hand it's just fiction, on the other you might want to specifically seek out work by black authors that is explicitly including themes of black experienced or cultures in fiction.

Getting pigeonholed in the latter though just means you don't get seen by anyone seeking you out. Probably being in 2 places in a physical store would be good. Or a store just rotating through highlighting different authorial perspectives.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess that is a bit of a tricky one in the bookstore.

if you're shelving a few copies of a book put some in each section

[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably being in 2 places in a physical store would be good.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

sorry i just woke up

[–] KhanCipher@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds exactly like how in music "R&B" is just the record label's way of saying 'black people music'.

[–] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

How is this different from afrofuturism? The same premise but a different aesthetic?

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Africanfuturism as a sub-category of science fiction that is (...) rooted in the African continent.

Afrofuturist (...) has an african diaspora/USA focus

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

similar premise but built upon different historical experiences

[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

Not usa culture centered it sounds like.