Afrofuturism in Chronopolitical Intervention: Mark Sinker
Image Created by Kaylan F. Michael on Afrofuturism While reading, Chronopoltical Intervention: Mark Sinker , what stuck out to me was the conversation on Afrofuturism. In my experience, I had heard this term mentioned many times. However, I had never truly learned what it meant or what it’s impact on another could be. After, reading the publication I sought more on the term. It was defined as a way to use African-American experiences with science-fiction, fantasy, and history to help those that have been estranged from their ancestry. Many sought it as a way to create a better future from the past. The reference to Afrofuturism within the publication uses alien abduction as a metaphor for the capturing and forced voyages to be sold into slavery. It depicts that in science-fiction authors always reference that aliens have superior technology and the captures of the past were those with superior technol...
