This week:

works by Americans of South Asian heritage, for example Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H. The countries of South Asia are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Come and share what you've explored with others or just listen.

Last meeting, our circle discussed…

Books

The Keeper by Tannanarive Due, Steven Barnes and Marco Finnegan
Kindred by Octavia Butler
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin Jr.

Films

Black Panther and Wakanda Forever

Smithsonian Institution video called "Afrofuturism the Origin Story" available to stream via various means (iTunes, Amazon, Smithsonian channel, etc.) Here is the trailer: (1) Smithsonian Channel premieres AFROFUTURISM: THE ORIGIN STORY - YouTube They will also have an exhibit starting in March of 2023 and running for a year at  National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC: Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures

Videos

(1) Intro to Afrofuturism | Part 1 What is Afrofuturism - YouTube

(1) Afrofuturism Explained: Not Just Black Sci-Fi | Inverse - YouTube

Other material people shared that might be of interest:

1.TV show: "Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space" (PBS American Experience)
Tuesday January 17 on PBS (in San Francisco this is KQED)