# Afrofuturism Across the African Diaspora: Empowering Black Students Through Literature

- By: Patricia France and Hajra Ismail Yacooboli
- Publisher: College of Marin
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ethnic_Studies/Afrofuturism_Across_the_African_Diaspora%3A_Empowering_Black_Students_Through_Literature)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ethnic_Studies/Afrofuturism_Across_the_African_Diaspora%3A_Empowering_Black_Students_Through_Literature
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/socialsci-348836/pdf

Afrofuturism is important because it offers a chance to continue to dream. Representation matters in many different forms. In academia there are canons of literature that center whiteness, but we need to engage students in new ways that connect to their world now. As instructors who are looking for topics to engage our many diverse students, there is beauty in using Afrofuturism in a college literature course.