Space of possibility: Afrofuturism

Panel Talk on 26. Mai 2023, Stadtbibliothek Winterthur

Post by African Voices make African possibilities visible, open up new horizons and enrich our actions. Afro-Futurism can be understood as a deconstruction that creates new narratives.

Afro-Futurism breaks dichotomies and creates space for new possibilities to enable a more balanced search for truth, to break through rigid paradigms and to challenge the Eurocentric view. In this sense, the different forms of Afro-Futurism are always political, not so much in working through a party program, but rather in uncovering social issues that critically illuminate coexistence and take marginalized perspectives seriously. Historically, Afro-Futurism is part of other movements that are retelling the continent of Africa, as Pan-Africanism did from the 1920s and produced important thinkers such as Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal). Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Kenya) writes in his book about "Making Africa visible!", which was republished in 2022 and has lost none of its topicality.

Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo embodies the movement of Afro-Futurism as a politician as well as a scientist and translates her commitment into art. In the panel talk with Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo we will explore Afro-Futurism - expanding horizons is guaranteed!