An earnest blackness /

"In this debut collection of personal essays, Eugen Bacon offers critical perspectives on blackness, Afrofuturism, colonialism, historicity, and (mis)recognition as she explores the untapped possibilities of speculative fiction. Using a variety of analytic, narrative, and anecdotal techniques,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bacon, Eugen M. (Eugen Matoyo), 1971- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Grand Rapids, MI : Anti-Oedipus Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Speculative fiction, Australian > 21st century. Short stories, Australian > 21st century. Speculative fiction > Black authors > History and criticism. Afrofuturism. Roman d'hypothèse australien > 21e siècle. Nouvelles australiennes > 21e siècle. Roman d'hypothèse > Auteurs noirs > Histoire et critique. Afrofuturisme. Afrofuturist. Short stories, Australian Speculative fiction, Australian 2000-2099 Australian Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

This is not a preface
An earnest Blackness
Worldbuilding in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's 'The Perfect Nine'
African creation myths
Becoming visible: the rise of Black speculative fiction
I went looking for AfroSF
Afrofuturism: a WorldCon recap, and some thoughts
On slipstream: a personal view
Inhabitation--Genni and I
Black is not blak
The benefit of our humanity
Making Claiming T-Mo: a Black speculative fiction.