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2022, Activism, African Mythology, Afrofuturism, Black People, Black star Line, Black Women, Drama, Education, Empowerment, Fantasy, Feminism, Fiction, Folklore, Jamaica, Language, Literary, Literature, Louise Bennett, Magical Realism, Marcus Garvey, Marlon James, Miss Lou, Music, Nalo Hopkinson, Pantomime, Patois, Political, Radical, Reggae, Social Justice, Speculative Fiction, Theatre, UNIA
Jamaican Writers – Afrofuturism
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Nalo Hopkinson Author of Brown Girl in the Ring, Midnight Robber, Skin Folk, Falling in Love with Hominids Specializes in Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism, Folklore, Afro-Caribbean Culture, Feminism In this near future, post-apocalyptic Toronto, the wealthy live in the suburbs. In the inner city, government and social structures have disintegrated after a series of riots.…
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2022, Afrofuturism, Bob Marley, Chronixx, Dancehall, Disco, Dubstep, Experimental, Fashion, Futuristic, Grace Jones, Icon, Innovator, Jamaican, Lee Scratch Perry, Music, Pioneer, Pop, Reggae, Remix, Roots, Skank, Trap
Jamaican Musicians -Afrofuturism
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Jamar McNaughton/Chronixx Known for a Reggae Revival. Uses digital instrument to experiment with reggae and dancehall – trap reggae/dancehall Positive thinking, Social Justice, Black Empowerment, Rastafarian themes in his music. Invested in his homeland and knowledge of African roots through Rastafari These creative giants have been able to reconstruct “Blackness” in the culture. According to…
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An Afrofuturist’s Archive
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Final Project Directory A Catalogue of Jamaica in the Afrofuturistic Space. What is Afrofuturism? The term Afrofuturism was coined by American cultural critic Mark Dery in his 1994 essay “Black to the Future: Interviews with Samuel R. Delany, Greg Tate and Tricia Rose. Initially used to address the intersection of African American themes and “technoculture”…
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Mutabaruka on Trap-Dancehall and its Social Impact
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By Kandice Thompson “When a man tell you say music nuh have nothing to do with nothing a foolishness him a talk because he was influenced by a next dj and a next dj…” Mutabaruka, famous dub-poet and talk show host, strikes out against this new sub-genre of dancehall – trap dancehall. Trap is an…


