Black Apocalypse

"Black Apocalypse is an introduction to the past and present of black engagement with speculative futures. From W. E. B. Du Bois to Sun Ra to Octavia Butler, Tavia Nyong'o shows that the end of the world is crucial to the concept of afrofuturism and reframes the binary of afropessimism and afrofuturism to explore their similarities. Interweaving black trans, queer, and feminist theories, Nyong'o examines the social, technological, and existential threats facing our species and reflects on shifting anxieties and hopes for the future. Exploring the apocalypse in movies, art, literature, and music, this book considers the endless afterlives of slavery and inequality and revives the radical black imagination to envision the future of blackness" --