Black Future Month

If Blues in the past, then Funk is the future.

Andre 3000’s I Feel Ya exhibit

This month marks the 100th anniversary of Black History Month. In 1926, Carter G. Woodson launched the celebration of “Negro History Week” which eventually became Black History Month. I want to highlight the history of AfroFuturism. This is not an exhaustive list. I will update it throughout the month.

• Sun-Ra. (my Uncle played in his band)

• Sly and The Family Stone (If Blues is in the past, then Funk is the future.)

• Earth Wind & Fire

• Labelle (especially Nona Hendryx)

• The Robot Dance

• Betty Davis

• Herbie Hancock’s Rockit

• Miles Davis

• Roger Zapp and The Zapp Band

• Prince

• Prince’s song (Computer Blue)

• The Wiz (especially the Emerald City scene)

• George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic

• Lando Calrissian

• Octavia Butler

• The Brother From Another Planet

• Homeboys in Outer Space (short lived sitcom)

• Levar Burton

• OutKast’s ATLiens

• AfroPunk (the documentary)

• AfroPunk (the festival before it sold out)

• Santigold

• Tananarive Due

• New Black Imagination Festival that Rob Fields produced in 2011.

• Andre 3000’s I Feel Ya exhibit at SCAD Museum of Art.

• Janelle Monae

• Black Panther

• Wakanda Forever!

• Black Futures book by Kimberly Drew and J. Wortham.

• Sinners

• Ryan (I Could Involved In That) Coogler

• Durand Bernarr

• The Pyramids.