While he first made his mark as a member of the cast of the award-winning percussion performance Stomp and as the first major CGI character actor in 01999 with his role as Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Ahmed Best’s impact has stretched beyond just the world of film and theater. As a lecturer at the Stanford d.school and as one of the leaders of the AfroRithms Futures Group, Best has explored how to bring the ideas of Afrofuturism to life, using tools and methods as far-ranging as forecasting, collaborative design, and games. Drawing on his background as a dancer and musician, Best incorporates play and motion in order to help audiences grasp what Black futures may look like from a global perspective.