The Future of Black Studies

Black Studies is a powerful response to racism: a boundary-pushing discipline, grown out of struggle and community action. Here a founder of the field presents a reimagining of future trends in the study of the Black experience. Using Marxism, Black Experientialism, Afro-Futurism, and diaspora frameworks, Alkalimat projects a radical future for the discipline at this time of social crisis. Examining cornerstones of culture-the music of Sun Ra, the movie Black Panther, the writer Octavia But...