richardmurray

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Greetings, all.

Here is a recent paper I wrote during my university course. It might be relevant for some here.

https://1drv.ms/b/s!ArspJ5yABJDqg7QFLvbHAk04QhXqOg?e=pl9K5K

My comment: 

I read it from top to bottom. 
I define Afrofuturism as stories concerning the future of Black folk, whether they be in the USA or not, or of African descent or not. I define Black as a label to humans in a phenotypical range.
Two points I think warrant an open discussion. I put them in brackets.
<In the 1990s, when Mark Dery coined the term ‘’afrofuturism’’, there were very few Black science-fiction writers>
<In the 2020s, there is more diversity in stories and storytelling. As ‘’afrofuturism’’ is getting  more  well  know,  several  Black  storytellers –in  the  United  States,  the Caribbean and in Africa –are getting their voices heard. The movement is getting stronger.>

What determines if someone is a writer? I have always argued that a writer is someone who writes. The assessment to technique in writing doesn't dictate if one is a writer, in my view.
In the year 1990, how many Black high school or college students wrote a story, any length, that involved science fiction. You wrote, there were very few Black science fiction writers. I argue, the quantity of writers wasn't small, the opportunity to be published was small. To have reprints of their work for sale was small. But that does not mean the quantity of writers was small. At least in my view.
And if my prior words have truth, than the issue isn't the multiversity in stories or storytelling, as much as, the opportunity to make profit from writing has expanded in modernity.