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In 2019 the 80 finalists included 3 authors of color. [2] Two Black authors, Kennedy Ryan and M. Malone, won that year. [4] In 2020 the RITA award was renamed the Vivian after Black RWA founder Vivian Stephens, the Dell editor who created the Candlelight Ecstasy imprint and was an early champion of Black romance authors. [4]
Black speculative fiction often focuses on race and the history of race relations in Western society. The history of slavery, the African diaspora, and the Civil Rights Movement sometimes influence the narrative of SF stories written by black authors. Within science fiction, the concern is that many traditional science fiction works do not ...
Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic, philosophy of science, and history that explores the intersection of the African diaspora culture with science and technology. It addresses themes and concerns of the African diaspora through technoculture and speculative fiction, encompassing a range of media and artists with a shared interest in envisioning black futures that stem from Afro-diasporic ...
These colors are also reflected in the Pan-African flag (black, red, and green) and the Ethiopian flag (green, gold, and red), which both have uplifting backgrounds that highlight the resilience ...
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One of the earliest Black classic books on this list, “The Souls of Black Folk,” is a 1903 collection of essays by Harvard-educated scholar and author W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963).
Africa, the southern U.S., black life and custom are motif, mood and light, rhythm, and implied history. [12] Dumas, therefore, was—"despite his mythological elegance and deep signification"—still "part of the wave of African American writers at the forefront of the '60s Black Arts Movement". [13]
The 2024 Essence Fest Authors Stage and bookstore showcased the talent of Black writers and book influencers, and why the industry needs to support them.. During the July 4th weekend in New ...