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Forward-looking aesthetic of Janelle Monáe and “Black Panther”

AFROFUTURISM (hiding shaken up “TOFU”)

Afrofuturism is a broad cultural movement that incorporates science-fiction and futuristic elements with the history and identity of the African diaspora. The term “Afrofuturism” was coined in 1994 by author and cultural critic Mark Dery.

2007’s “Metropolis: The Chase Suite” is the first installment of Janelle Monáe’s seven-part “Metropolis” conceptual series of recordings. The series was inspired by Fritz Lang’s science fiction classic film “Metropolis”, released in 1927. Monáe’s “Metropolis” is a tale about android Cindi Mayweather who is mass-produced in the year 2719. Mayweather falls in love with a human, and is sentenced to disassembly.

Black Panther is a Marvel Comics character who was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in print in 1966. That made Black Panther the first superhero of African descent to appear in mainstream comic books in the US.

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