Some further reading:
Africanfuturism Defined
Africanfuturism
Africanjujuism
nnedi.blogspot.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Some further reading:
All this is africanfuturism.
September 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
All this is africanfuturism.
Many thanks, but for the millionth time, I don’t write afrofuturism. I write africanfuturism. The distinction matters. 👍🏾
Many thanks, but for the millionth time, I don’t write afrofuturism. I write africanfuturism. The distinction matters. 👍🏾
Many thanks, but for the mill…
Many thanks, but for the millionth time, I don’t write afrofuturism. I write africanfuturism. The distinction matters. 👍🏾
Many thanks, but for the mill…
April 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Many thanks, but for the millionth time, I don’t write afrofuturism. I write africanfuturism. The distinction matters. 👍🏾
Many thanks, but for the millionth time, I don’t write afrofuturism. I write africanfuturism. The distinction matters. 👍🏾
Many thanks, but for the mill…
Many thanks, but for the millionth time, I don’t write afrofuturism. I write africanfuturism. The distinction matters. 👍🏾
Many thanks, but for the mill…
Africanfuturism is one word, no hyphen, no capital “f”. Just👏🏾one👏🏾simple👏🏾word.
It is not spelled “African Futurism”.
It is not spelled “AfricanFuturism”.
It is not spelled “African-futurism”.
One word. It is one concept that cannot be taken apart. #Africanfuturism nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
It is not spelled “African Futurism”.
It is not spelled “AfricanFuturism”.
It is not spelled “African-futurism”.
One word. It is one concept that cannot be taken apart. #Africanfuturism nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
Africanfuturism Defined
Africanfuturism
Africanjujuism
nnedi.blogspot.com
November 14, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Africanfuturism is one word, no hyphen, no capital “f”. Just👏🏾one👏🏾simple👏🏾word.
It is not spelled “African Futurism”.
It is not spelled “AfricanFuturism”.
It is not spelled “African-futurism”.
One word. It is one concept that cannot be taken apart. #Africanfuturism nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
It is not spelled “African Futurism”.
It is not spelled “AfricanFuturism”.
It is not spelled “African-futurism”.
One word. It is one concept that cannot be taken apart. #Africanfuturism nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
My NAACP Image Award arrived, 🥰. It’s beautiful…and so heavy! #africanfuturism
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🏆🇺🇸🇳🇬🤖🐬
March 22, 2026 at 9:42 PM
My NAACP Image Award arrived, 🥰. It’s beautiful…and so heavy! #africanfuturism
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🏆🇺🇸🇳🇬🤖🐬
There’s nothing wrong with any of it. I simply write africanfuturism and the distinction matters: nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/africanfuturism-defined.html?m=1
Africanfuturism Defined
Nnedi Okorafor
Writing
Stories
nnedi.blogspot.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
There’s nothing wrong with any of it. I simply write africanfuturism and the distinction matters: nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/africanfuturism-defined.html?m=1
Honestly, you could have just goggled. I’m really fed up with having to explain this. I’ve been doing it for over six years and people still insist on not doing the work.
Since someone posted a wiki instead of quoting my essay, here: nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/africanfuturism-defined.html?m=1
Since someone posted a wiki instead of quoting my essay, here: nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/africanfuturism-defined.html?m=1
Africanfuturism Defined
Africanfuturism
Africanjujuism
nnedi.blogspot.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Honestly, you could have just goggled. I’m really fed up with having to explain this. I’ve been doing it for over six years and people still insist on not doing the work.
Since someone posted a wiki instead of quoting my essay, here: nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/africanfuturism-defined.html?m=1
Since someone posted a wiki instead of quoting my essay, here: nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/africanfuturism-defined.html?m=1
The headline says it all: “The Exhaustion of Explaining Oneself: Nnedi Okorafor and the Battle to Define Africanfuturism”.
…And the next battle is getting people to process the fact that I don’t ONLY write africanfuturism and africanjujuism. Smdh. Labels (a.k.a. reductivism) are a pain in my ass.
…And the next battle is getting people to process the fact that I don’t ONLY write africanfuturism and africanjujuism. Smdh. Labels (a.k.a. reductivism) are a pain in my ass.
The Exhaustion of Explaining Oneself: Nnedi Okorafor and the Battle to Define Africanfuturism
For writers like Nnedi Okorafor, storytelling is not just about crafting worlds and characters. It involves staking a claim to creative freedom in a literary world eager to simplify and mislabel. Okor...
brittlepaper.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The headline says it all: “The Exhaustion of Explaining Oneself: Nnedi Okorafor and the Battle to Define Africanfuturism”.
…And the next battle is getting people to process the fact that I don’t ONLY write africanfuturism and africanjujuism. Smdh. Labels (a.k.a. reductivism) are a pain in my ass.
…And the next battle is getting people to process the fact that I don’t ONLY write africanfuturism and africanjujuism. Smdh. Labels (a.k.a. reductivism) are a pain in my ass.
A reminder:
I write africanfuturism (plus africanjujuism and other things).
I do NOT write afrofuturism.
Yes, the distinction matters.
I wrote an essay that defines africanfuturism (mine is the only discussion of the word I stand by). Google will show you.
I write africanfuturism (plus africanjujuism and other things).
I do NOT write afrofuturism.
Yes, the distinction matters.
I wrote an essay that defines africanfuturism (mine is the only discussion of the word I stand by). Google will show you.
April 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
A reminder:
I write africanfuturism (plus africanjujuism and other things).
I do NOT write afrofuturism.
Yes, the distinction matters.
I wrote an essay that defines africanfuturism (mine is the only discussion of the word I stand by). Google will show you.
I write africanfuturism (plus africanjujuism and other things).
I do NOT write afrofuturism.
Yes, the distinction matters.
I wrote an essay that defines africanfuturism (mine is the only discussion of the word I stand by). Google will show you.
Before you respond to this, take a beat, read my africanfuturism definition (MY blog post, not other’s interpretation of it), resist being defensive and THINK about what I just said: nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
Africanfuturism Defined
Africanfuturism
Africanjujuism
nnedi.blogspot.com
October 2, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Before you respond to this, take a beat, read my africanfuturism definition (MY blog post, not other’s interpretation of it), resist being defensive and THINK about what I just said: nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
When I defined africanfuturism, I addressed this when I said: “Africanfuturism (being African-based) will tend to naturally have mystical elements (drawn or grown from actual African cultural beliefs/world views, not something merely made up).”
nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
Africanfuturism Defined
Nnedi Okorafor
Writing
Stories
nnedi.blogspot.com
September 4, 2026 at 4:43 PM
When I defined africanfuturism, I addressed this when I said: “Africanfuturism (being African-based) will tend to naturally have mystical elements (drawn or grown from actual African cultural beliefs/world views, not something merely made up).”
nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
As my novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR’s release date approaches, please remember this:
January 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
As my novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR’s release date approaches, please remember this:
Only 5 more days left to pledge! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D African animated thriller about a cursed musician who must confront a water goddess (Mami Wata) to reclaim her power.
#Kickstarter #animatedfilm #crocodiledance #afrofuturism #africanfuturism #africananimation
Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D African animated thriller about a cursed musician who must confront a water goddess (Mami Wata) to reclaim her power.
#Kickstarter #animatedfilm #crocodiledance #afrofuturism #africanfuturism #africananimation
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Only 5 more days left to pledge! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D African animated thriller about a cursed musician who must confront a water goddess (Mami Wata) to reclaim her power.
#Kickstarter #animatedfilm #crocodiledance #afrofuturism #africanfuturism #africananimation
Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D African animated thriller about a cursed musician who must confront a water goddess (Mami Wata) to reclaim her power.
#Kickstarter #animatedfilm #crocodiledance #afrofuturism #africanfuturism #africananimation
Nnedi write "Afro-Futurism (though Okorafor prefers the term Africanfuturism)"
What a dumbass statement. Show you are deeply ignorant without explicitly saying it.
What a dumbass statement. Show you are deeply ignorant without explicitly saying it.
June 1, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Nnedi write "Afro-Futurism (though Okorafor prefers the term Africanfuturism)"
What a dumbass statement. Show you are deeply ignorant without explicitly saying it.
What a dumbass statement. Show you are deeply ignorant without explicitly saying it.
You call my work afrofuturism and sometimes I’ll correct you, sometimes I will not. But I will always quietly judge you because, dude, get a clue.
#AFRICANFUTURISM
#AFRICANFUTURISM
December 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
You call my work afrofuturism and sometimes I’ll correct you, sometimes I will not. But I will always quietly judge you because, dude, get a clue.
#AFRICANFUTURISM
#AFRICANFUTURISM
All this. Still.
If I don't say it, no one will. Thankfully, I have a big mouth.
#Africanfuturism
Source: www.facebook.com/nnedi/posts/...
If I don't say it, no one will. Thankfully, I have a big mouth.
#Africanfuturism
Source: www.facebook.com/nnedi/posts/...
January 24, 2026 at 4:42 PM
All this. Still.
If I don't say it, no one will. Thankfully, I have a big mouth.
#Africanfuturism
Source: www.facebook.com/nnedi/posts/...
If I don't say it, no one will. Thankfully, I have a big mouth.
#Africanfuturism
Source: www.facebook.com/nnedi/posts/...
A key aesthetic inspiration had come from the 2018 movie Black Panther.. although Myres is keen to point out that Relooted's aesthetic is Africanfuturism.
"Africanfuturism is set in the future and tries to have real places, real people, and cultures - it's about the centering of the continent."
"Africanfuturism is set in the future and tries to have real places, real people, and cultures - it's about the centering of the continent."
How Nyamakop built Relooted’s heist gameplay by learning from Teardown
Making a political game still needs to be fun to play.
www.creativebloq.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
A key aesthetic inspiration had come from the 2018 movie Black Panther.. although Myres is keen to point out that Relooted's aesthetic is Africanfuturism.
"Africanfuturism is set in the future and tries to have real places, real people, and cultures - it's about the centering of the continent."
"Africanfuturism is set in the future and tries to have real places, real people, and cultures - it's about the centering of the continent."
I am so tired of correcting people who call my work afrofuturism. But what’s the alternative? Sitting and tolerating my own cultural erasure? That’s not an option. 😒 #afriCANfuturism
July 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I am so tired of correcting people who call my work afrofuturism. But what’s the alternative? Sitting and tolerating my own cultural erasure? That’s not an option. 😒 #afriCANfuturism
My novel NOOR was a clue in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, 😃. #Africanfuturism FTW. 🇳🇬
December 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My novel NOOR was a clue in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, 😃. #Africanfuturism FTW. 🇳🇬
Check it out, the game is on Feb 10, 2026
#BlackSky #AfricanFuturism #Africa #Gaming #Games #VideoGames #GoodNews
#BlackSky #AfricanFuturism #Africa #Gaming #Games #VideoGames #GoodNews
Demo walkthrough, extra juicy information and sneak peaks into the full game! Watch now:
youtu.be/Hqcbkr_8zts?...
#indiegame
youtu.be/Hqcbkr_8zts?...
#indiegame
Relooted’s Demo: commentary straight from the Devs!
YouTube video by Nyamakop
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Check it out, the game is on Feb 10, 2026
#BlackSky #AfricanFuturism #Africa #Gaming #Games #VideoGames #GoodNews
#BlackSky #AfricanFuturism #Africa #Gaming #Games #VideoGames #GoodNews
This is the primary source of the definition of africanfuturism.
All others are mere interpretations of what's said in my essay (and MOST misinterpret): nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
All others are mere interpretations of what's said in my essay (and MOST misinterpret): nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
Africanfuturism Defined
Africanfuturism
Africanjujuism
nnedi.blogspot.com
August 23, 2023 at 5:15 PM
This is the primary source of the definition of africanfuturism.
All others are mere interpretations of what's said in my essay (and MOST misinterpret): nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
All others are mere interpretations of what's said in my essay (and MOST misinterpret): nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
Fellow bookworms, drop everything and read this book. Superb storytelling and beautifully developed characters. I had to slow down to savor the last few chapters. Brava
@nnedi.bsky.social #AfricanFuturism #SciFi
@nnedi.bsky.social #AfricanFuturism #SciFi
January 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Fellow bookworms, drop everything and read this book. Superb storytelling and beautifully developed characters. I had to slow down to savor the last few chapters. Brava
@nnedi.bsky.social #AfricanFuturism #SciFi
@nnedi.bsky.social #AfricanFuturism #SciFi
Our game is Africanfuturist:
" #Africanfuturism is specifically and more directly rooted in African culture, history, mythology and point-of-view as it then branches into the Black Diaspora, and it does not privilege or center the West” - Nnedi Okorafor (Africanfuturism Defined 2019)
#indiegame
" #Africanfuturism is specifically and more directly rooted in African culture, history, mythology and point-of-view as it then branches into the Black Diaspora, and it does not privilege or center the West” - Nnedi Okorafor (Africanfuturism Defined 2019)
#indiegame
June 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Our game is Africanfuturist:
" #Africanfuturism is specifically and more directly rooted in African culture, history, mythology and point-of-view as it then branches into the Black Diaspora, and it does not privilege or center the West” - Nnedi Okorafor (Africanfuturism Defined 2019)
#indiegame
" #Africanfuturism is specifically and more directly rooted in African culture, history, mythology and point-of-view as it then branches into the Black Diaspora, and it does not privilege or center the West” - Nnedi Okorafor (Africanfuturism Defined 2019)
#indiegame