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1	EXPLORING INTERSECTIONS IN BLACK FUTURES: TOWARDS A RE-EXAMINATION OF AFROFUTURISM AND AFRICANFUTURISM Odukomaiya, Omotoyosi Esther 01 August 2023 (has links) (PDF) This dissertation examines the African science fiction genre also known as Africanfuturism. It assesses distinguishing features of the genre, highlighting connections between Africanfuturism and Afrofuturism. This study interrogates Nnedi Okorafor’s coinage and definition of Africanfuturism by exploring her critical works as well as her literary oeuvre with a view to understanding the uniqueness of the genre. A close reading of Okorafor’s texts along with other prominent Africanfuturist authors reveals that both genres are inherently different but there are points of convergence. As a result of this, I explore Pan-africanfuturism as an inclusive genre with the potential of embracing all forms of Black futures. In each chapter, I contrast Okorafor’s work with a different science fiction author to illustrate how diverse the interpretations of Africanfuturist visions are. African Science Fiction Africanfuturism Afrofuturism Nnedi Okorafor Pan-Africanfuturism Science Fiction
2	Vývoj identity v dílech Akata Witch and Akata Warrior od Nnedi Okorafor / Identity Development in Akata Witch and Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor Váňa, František January 2022 (has links) This thesis explores the development of individuality in Nigerian books for young adults, Akata Witch and Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor. For that, the literary concepts of young adult literature and the heroic journey (monomyth) is used. This thesis aims to prove that the heroic journey framework may be applied to young adult literature, primarily concerning the formation of identity resulting a certain correlation between the two types of narrative. Based on the description of concepts of literary theory, such as the Other, described by Robyn McCallum, and the individual constitutive elements of the heroic journey, in the theoretical part, the analysis from both vantage points and subsequent correlation between them is described in the practical part. The two books that are analysed are described from the point of three major concepts of young adult literature and all twenty six steps of the heroic journey, based on Campbell and other literary theorists. Based on this analysis, it is concluded that there is a certain correlation between the two narrative frameworks. It is especially similar concerning the growth of individuality of its protagonists. Despite there being a correlation among the two types of narrative, young adult literature and the heroic journey, certain elements do not have...
3	(Re)Writing Apocalypse: Race, Gender, and Radical Change in Black Apocalyptic Fiction Calbert, Tonisha Marie January 2020 (has links) No description available. African American Studies African Americans African Literature American Literature Black History Black Studies Ethnic Studies Gender Literature Minority and Ethnic Groups Modern Literature apocalypse afrofuturism black speculative fiction science fiction speculative fiction Octavia Butler Nnedi Okorafor Colson Whitehead apocalyptic fiction Parable of the Sower Parable of the Talents Who Fears Death The Book of Phoenix Zone One

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