{"product_id":"the-afrofuturist-evolution-creative-paths-to-self-discovery-9780897334556","title":"The Afrofuturist Evolution: Creative Paths to Self-Discovery","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe spaces revealed through the practice of time manipulation in Black cultures lend themselves to storytelling, a time-hopping process that integrates memory and community.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on disparate philosophies and science behind electronic beat-making, lyricism, dance, memory, myth, and cosmology in the African and African Disaporic traditions, this book seeks to demonstrate relationships between rhythm, space, and ways of being as an articulation of futures and alternate realities made present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInfused with author and Afrofuturist educator Ytasha Womack's own practice and contemplations\u003c\/b\u003e, this book, rich in anecdotes, will interrogate Afrofuturism as an experience that unfolds through combinations of being a maker and theorist. Readers will take a creative journey that allows them to bring Afrofuturist practices into their own lives. The goal is to expand imagination, rootedness, and possibility. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Senegalese poet, political theorist, and politician Leopold Sedar Senghor's ideas on the plastic arts and Negritude to writer Malidoma Patrese Some's articulation of water symbolism in Burkina Faso; from tap dance exercises to composer, DJ, and recording artist King Britt's \u003ci\u003eBlacktronica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Afrofuturist Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e aims to demonstrate Afrofuturism as embodied theory in practice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book--in simple, straightforward, but powerful ways--invites readers to bring these practices into their own lives. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ytasha L. Womack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Hill Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780897334556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYtasha L. Womack\u003c\/b\u003e is a filmmaker and futurist, and the author of \u003ci\u003eAfrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePost Black: How a New Generation Is Redefining African American Identity, \u003c\/i\u003e and a contributor to the Smithsonian exhibit companion title \u003ci\u003eAfrofuturism: A History of Black Futures.\u003c\/i\u003e Womack has taught and lectured on Afrofuturism to audiences ranging from Carnegie Hall and the Smithsonian, to Afropunk in Brooklyn and the Sonic Acts Festival in Amsterdam, from Saint Etienne School of Architecture in France to MIT Media Lab's \"Beyond the Cradle\" in Boston. She is the creator of the Rayla 2212 sci-fi multimedia series, the director of the award-winning film \u003ci\u003eThe Engagement\u003c\/i\u003e, the producer and writer of \u003ci\u003eLove \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eShorts\u003c\/i\u003e, and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBeats Rhymes \u0026amp; Life: What We Love and Hate About Hip Hop\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ytasha L. Womack \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47284927168669,"sku":"9780897334556","price":39.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_1a487810-c592-4557-99cf-afd830f72e5f.jpg?v=1759997059","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-afrofuturist-evolution-creative-paths-to-self-discovery-9780897334556","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}