- Author
- Uduak Asuquo (noirpress)
- Published
- August 7, 2025
- Kind
- Online magazine article about a museum exhibition
- Original
- noirpress.org/women-of-afrofuturism-pioneering-visions-of-the-future/
- Subject
- Fiction and literature
- Themes
- Invented worlds
What it is
Uduak Asuquo wrote this piece for noirpress. It introduces the exhibition Women of Afrofuturism and the movement it covers. It names pioneers from NASA, television, literature and music.
What it says
- The exhibition runs from May 17, 2025 to September 27, 2026.
- The article defines Afrofuturism through Mark Dery's 1993 essay Black to the Future.
- It credits Katherine Johnson and other Black women computers at NASA with 1960s calculations.
- It calls Octavia E. Butler the first nationally recognized African American woman science fiction writer.
- It says Labelle was the first all-Black female group on Rolling Stone's cover, in 1975.
- It names Alisha B. Wormsley among the most prominent contemporary artists in the show.
- It says the featured women share a commitment to inclusive, joyful and luminous futures.
What evidence it gives
The article offers description and a list of names. It quotes no curators, artists or visitors. It cites no sources beyond naming the Dery essay and some books.
Interests and limits
The article does not say the author visited the show. It repeats exhibition themes without outside checking. noirpress is a publication that asks for subscriptions and donations. The article is short and reads as event coverage.