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Lonny J Avi Brooks

When is Wakanda: Imagining Afrofutures

"As a forecaster and Afrofuturist who imagines alternative futures from a Black Diaspora perspective, I think about long-term signals that will shape the next 10 to 100 years." ---Dr. Lonny J Avi Brooks

Dr. Brooks develops and promotes a wider Afrocentric perspective that champions Black storytelling and imagination, to push beyond the colonial mindset into an expanded vision of possible futures. Through his work with the Black Speculative Arts MovementThe Afrofuturist Podcast which he started with Ahmed Best, Institute for the FutureFathomersDynamicland and others, Brooks aims to diversify and democratize the building of the future.

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