Imagining Future Histories: Black Speculative Fiction
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- Featured author: Sheree Renée Thomas
- Tomi Adeyemi
- Steven Barnes
- Octavia Butler
- Charles W. Chesnutt
- Samuel R. Delany
- W.E.B. Du Bois
- Tananarive Due
- Minister Faust (Malcolm Azania)
- Andrea Hairston
- Pauline Hopkins
- Nalo Hopkinson
- N. K. Jemisin
- Victor LaVelle
- Karen Lord
- Walter Mosley
- Nnedi Okorafor
- Ishmael Reed
- Kwanza Osajyefo
- Tony Puryear and Ericka Alexander
- Carl Hancock Rux
- Eric Dean Seaton
- Nisi Shawl
- Geoffrey Thorne
- Amos Tutuola
Welcome
This guide was first created for Black History Month 2019 when the UI Libraries collaborated with the Afro-American Cultural Center to create a themed book display, "Imagining Future Histories" featuring Black and African American Sci-Fi writers and their works. "Imagining Future Histories" is in connection to the 2019 "American Dream" Theme Semester, for which the Libraries and Afro House received a 2019 Theme Semester Grant. The grant went towards the funding of the Helen Lemme Reading Club Library housed at the Afro-American Cultural Center, as well as a speaker series at the University of Iowa, bringing in Sheree Thomas, editor of Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. Like the "Imagining Future Histories" book display, the borrowing library and author series focus attention on the genre(s) of Black Sci-Fi & Fantasy writing and Afro-futurist Art as a way to help our campus and community dream up future histories that can inform the important work we need to do currently as future ancestors.
In this guide you will find information on the authors and their works that are featured on display. Please note that this guide is not an exhaustive list of African American and Black writers in Sci-Fi and Speculative Fiction. If you have any questions or concerns, as well as any authors or titles you want us to include, please email us at katie-hassman@uiowa.edu or jenay-solomon@uiowa.edu.
Books on Display
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiCall number: PZ7.1.A24 Chi 2018
Publication date: 2018-03-06 - Lion's Blood by Steven BarnesCall number: PS3552.A6855 L56 2002
Published: 2002-02-13 - Zulu Heart by Steven BarnesCall #: PS3552.A6855 Z85 2003
Published: 2003-03-19 - Great Sky Woman by Steven BarnesCall number: PS3552.A6855 G74 2006
Publication: 2006-06-27 - Bloodchild: And Other Stories by Octavia ButlerCall Number: PS3552.U84 A6 1995
Publication Date: 1995-09-01 - Fledgling by Octavia ButlerCall Number: PS3552.U84 F47 2005
Publication Date: 2005-09-08 - Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerCall Number: PS3552.U84 K5
Publication Date: 1979-06 - Wild Seed by Octavia ButlerCall Number: PS3552.U84 W5
Publication Date: 1980-07 - Dawn by Octavia ButlerCall number: PS3552.U84 D38 1997
Publication Date: 1987-05 - Patternmaster by Octavia ButlerCall number: PS3552.U84 P38
Publication: 1976 - Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerCall number: PS3552.U84 P37 1993
Publication: Oct. 1993 - Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerCall Number: PS3552.U84 P373 1998
Publication date: 1998-11 - The Conjure Woman by Charles ChesnuttCall number: PS1292.C6 C7 1968
First published: 1899 - Aye, and Gomorrah: Stories by Samuel R. DelanyCall number: PS3554.E422 A6 2003
Publication date: 2003-04-08 - Atlantis: Three Tales by Samuel R. DelanyCall number: PS3554.E422 A85 1995
Publication date: 1995-07-28 - Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders by Samuel R. DelanyCall number: PS3552.A6855 Z85 2003
Published: 2012-04-10 - Dhalgren by Samuel R. DelanyCall Number: PS3554.E422 D47 1974
Published: January 1975 - Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W.E.B. DuBoisCall number: E185.61 .D83 2007
Published: 1920 - Dark Princess: A Romance by W.E.B. DuBoisCall number: PS3507.U325 D3 2007
Published: 1928 - The Living Blood by Tananarive DueCall number: PS3554.U3143 L5 2002
Publication date: 2002-01-01 - The Black Rose by Tananarive DueCall Number: PS3554.U3143 B53 2000
Publication date: 2000-06-06 - Blood Colony by Tananarive DueCall number: PS3554.U3143 B58 2008
Publication due: 2008-06-01 - The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Minister FaustCall number: PR9199.4.M57 C69 2004
Published: 2004-08-03 - Of One Blood or the Hidden Self by Pauline HopkinsCall number: PS1999.H418 O3 2004
Published: 1902 - Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo HopkinsonCall number: PR9199.3.H5927 B76 1998
Published: 1998-07-01 - Midnight Robber by Nalo HopkinsonCall number: PR9199.3.H5927 M53 2000
Published: 2000-03-01 - The Salt Roads by Nalo HopkinsonCall number: PR9199.3.H5927 S25 2003
Published: 2003-11-12 - Mojo: Conjure Stories by Nalo HopkinsonCall number: PS647.A35 M65 2003
Publication date: 2003-04-01 - The New Moon's Arms by Nalo HopkinsonCall number: PR9199.3.H5927 N48 2007
Published: 2007-02-23 - So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy by Nalo HopkinsonCall number: PN6071.S33 S6 2004
Published: 2004-10-01 - Octavia's brood : science fiction stories from social justice movements by Walidah Imarisha; Forward by Sheree R. ThomasCall number: PN6120.95.S33 O37 2015
Published: 2015-04-07 - Big Machine: A Novel by Victor LaValleCall number: PS3562.A8629 B54 2009
Published: 2010-03-09 - The Ecstatic or Homunculus by Victor LaValleCall number: PS3562.A8629 E28 2002
Published: 2002-11-12 - Redemption in Indigo by Karen LordCall number: PR9230.9.L67 R43 2010
Published: 2010-07-06 - The Galaxy Game by Karen LordCall number: PR9230.9.L67 G35 2015
Published: 2015-01-06 - Futureland by Walter MosleyCall number: PS3563.O8845 F88 2001
Published: 2001-11-12 - The Wave by Walter MosleyCall number: PS3563.O8845 W38 2006
Published: 2006-01-03 - Blue Light by Walter MosleyCall number: PS3563.O8845 B6 1998
Published: 1998-11-02 - Akata Warrior by Nnedi OkoraforCall number: PZ7.O4157 Aka 2017
Published: 2017-10-03 - Akata Witch by Nnedi OkoraforCall number: PZ7.O4157 Ak 2011
Published: 2011-04-14 - Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi OkoraforCall number: PS3615.K67 Z34 2008
Published: 2008-02-18 - Black Panther: Long Live the King by Nnedi OkoraforCall number: PN6728.B523 B5256 2018
Published: 2017-12-13 - The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi OkoraforCall number: PS3615.K67 S43 2007
Published: 2007-10-02 - Who Fears Death by Nnedi OkoraforCall number: PS3615.K67 W46 2010
Published: 2010-06-01 - Lagoon by Nnedi OkoraforCall number: PS3615.K67 L34 2015
Published: 2015-07-14 - Juice!: A Novel by Ishmael ReedCall number: PS3568.E437 J85 2011
Published: 2011-03-05 - Reckless Eyeballing by Ishmael ReedCall number: PS3568.E437 R4 1986
Published: 2000-10-01 - Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael ReedCall number: PS3568.E437 M8
Published: 1996-06-11 - Pagan Operetta by Carl Hancock RuxCall number: PS3568.U86 P34 1997
Published: 1998 - Talk by Carl Hancock RuxCall Number: PS3568.U86 T35 2004
Published: 2003-07-01 - Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora by Sheree R. ThomasCall number: PS648.S3 D29 2000
Published: 2000-07-18 - Pauper, Brawler, and Slanderer by Amos TutuolaCall number: PR9387.9.T8 P38 1987
Publication: 1987-03-09 - The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos TutuolaCall #: PR9387.9.T8 P38 1987
Publication: 1952 - The Witch Herbalist of the Remote Town by Amos TutuolaCall #: PR9387.9.T8 W5 1981
Publication: 1981 - The Village Witch Doctor & Other Stories by Amos TutuolaCall #: PR9387.9.T8 V55 1990
Published: 1990-05-01 - Yoruba Folktales by Amos TutuolaCall #: PR9387.9.T8 Y6 1986
Published: 1987-09-05
Afro-Futurist Films
- Space is the PlaceFind this in the Main library!
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Video record 24332 DVD - Blade Trilogy: Volume I, II, IIIUI Main Library Media Collection
Video record 38072 DVD - Black PantherFind this in Main Library!
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Video record 45696 DVD - Welcome II the TerrordomeFind this in Main Library!
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Video record 41660 DVD - An Oversimplification of Her BeautyFind this in Main Library!
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Video record 39313 DVD - Africa First: Volume IFind this in Main Library!
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Video record 32926 DVD
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