So, in the lead up to Christmas I stumbled upon a drawing set someone had given me the previous year; a neat shallow tin of sketching pencils which, I thought, was a pretty cool gift, the kind of nostalgia-laden offering that had conjured up notions of taking stock and adjusting my lifestyle, i.e., I used… Continue reading Anatomy of a Self Portrait
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‘Popular Culture is No Longer a Marketplace of ideas’: An Interview with American Novelist, Bill Campbell
Bill Campbell is the author of several science-fiction novels and the founder of Rosarium Publishing. I had the chance recently to interview him for online magazine, Media Diversified, which, for me, was just all kinds of fun. We talk everything from writing, to creativity, to his thoughts on science-fiction, afrofuturism, popular culture and the media. It was a great conversation… Continue reading ‘Popular Culture is No Longer a Marketplace of ideas’: An Interview with American Novelist, Bill Campbell
What is Afrofuturism
You need only cast a quick glance over the considerable career of someone like Isaac Asimov to note the prescient and directive power of science-fiction. The man who popularised the idea of robotics in his classic I, Robot and, in his 1964 article, Visit to the World’s Fair of 2014, foresaw everything from kitchen top coffee makers and microwave meals… Continue reading What is Afrofuturism
Micah Yongo 