In the Black Fantastic

A richly illustrated exploration of Black culture at its most wildly imaginative, artistically ambitious, and politically urgent.

A richly illustrated exploration of Black culture at its most wildly imaginative and artistically ambitious, In the Black Fantastic assembles art and imagery from across the African diaspora. Embracing the mythic and the speculative, it recycles and reconfigures elements of fable, folklore, science fiction, spiritual traditions, ceremonial pageantry, and the legac...