The Future of Black: The Advent of 21st Century Second-wave Afrofuturism Poetry
(Len Lawson, Cynthia Manick, Tim Seibles, Teri Cross Davis, Steven Leyva)
In-person event
Afrofuturism has experienced a second-wave in the 21st century mainstream propelled by the success of the 2018 blockbuster film Marvel's Black Panther. This panel explores the impact of this second wave on Afrofuturism poetry. Panelists featured in a new poetry anthology on Afrofuturism, black comics, and superhero culture discuss how their poetry contributes to second-wave Afrofuturism along with insights to Afrofuturism poetry as a sustainable genre and defining it for future generations.