Literary Afrofuturism in the Twenty-First CenturyIn Literary Afrofuturism in the Twenty First Century, eminent contributors pay tribute to Afrofuturism as a powerful and evolving aesthetic practice that communicates the experience of science, technology, and race across centuries, continents, and cultures. While Ryan Coogler and Janelle Mone may have helped bring the genre into contemporary pop consciousness, it in fact extends back to the writing of eighteenth century poet Phyllis Wheatley and has