Design by Stacey Robinson

Introduction

Introduction to The Special Issue When is Wakanda: Afrofuturism and Dark Speculative Futurity

Lonny Brooks, Reynaldo Anderson, Douglas Taylor and Nicholas Baham

(PP. 1-4)

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Articles

Exploring the Dark Matter(S) of Wakanda: A Quest for Radical Queer Inclusion Beyond Capitalism

Amber Johnson

(PP. 5-14)

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Redefining the Colonial: An Afrofuturist Analysis of Wakanda and Speculative Fiction

Ricardo Guthrie

(PP. 15-28)

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AfroAsian Imaginations: Autoethnographies of Black Panther in Korea

Hannah R. Stohry and Johnnie Jackson

(PP. 29-36)

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The Erasure of Virtual Blackness: An Ideation About Authentic Black Hairstyles in Speculative Digital Environments

Jennifer Williams

(PP. 37-46)

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Black Panther: Cinematic Masterpiece or CIA Recruitment Video?

Douglas Taylor

(PP. 47-54)

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Essays

Engaging the Black Ethos: Afrofuturism as a Design Lens for Inclusive Technological Innovation

Woodrow W. Winchester, III

(PP. 55–62)

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The Black Posthuman Transformer: A Secularized Technorganic

Philip Butler

(PP. 63–66)

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Black Jeopardy Hella Loves Wakanda: Celebrating and Reframing Frequencies and Voices from the Black Fantastic Cultural Imagination

Craig Derksen, Lonny Brooks and Kalemba Kizito

(PP. 67–74)

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Afrofutures of Cosplay: Deviance and DiY in Black Fantastic Performance

tobias c. van Veen

(PP. 75–84)

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