Afrofuturism: Black Speculatative Fiction

Black Science fiction or Black Speculative fiction is an umbrella term that covers a variety of activities within the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres where people of the African Diaspora take part or are depicted. Some of its defining characteristics include a critique of the social structures leading to black oppression paired with an investment in social change.Black science fiction is "fed by technology but not led by it." This means that black science fiction often explores with human engagement with technology instead of technology as an innate good