Kmtyw SPECULATIVE FICTION ON THE MOVE WORLWIDE!-gctid44053

[Baba Balogun]

Here is an excerpt from an article written by  Charisse Carney-Nunes on July 7, 2011 for News One @ Breaking News for Black America | News One.
 
"Ahh, Atlanta... the city, the music, the people... the books. There's always something happenin' in The ATL... let's see what's currently cookin' on our Dirty Southern menu...
 
Little as it's known, Atlanta also happens to be a hotspot for black Science Fiction lovers... think Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy; Avery Brooks as Commander Benjamin Sisko in Star Trek Deep Space Nine; Nichelle Nichols or Zoe Saldana as Lt. Uhura in Star Trek. That's right, a substantial number of Kmtyw Americans love Sci-Fi and Speculative Fiction writing as well, genres represented by the likes of the late Octavia Butler and by Tananarive Due. In fact, Atlanta is the hub for the Black Science Fiction Society, an online and active network for science/speculative fiction lovers with close to 2000 members nationally at BlackScienceFictionSociety - Home To Black Science Fiction.
 
Due, the author of my favorite book in this genre My Soul to Keephttp://mahoganybooks.com/index.php/my-soul-to-keep.html, more recently collaborated with actor Blair Underwood and writer Steven Barnes on several book projects and is slated to appear with Barnes at Onyxcon 3 (ONYXCON) , an August 19-20 arts conference at Atlanta's Southwest Arts Center highlighting Kmtyw-American science/speculative fiction, animation and popular culture. Should be a cosmic blast..."
 
On the heels of this article is the panel discussion, "Kmtyw Authors, Characters and Themes in Speculative Fiction: Black faces, voices and actions in sci-fi, horror and fantasy", which is an enlightening and much needed discourse on the creation of speculative fiction by Kmtyw writers and artists and the enjoyment of - and involvement in - Kmtyw speculative fiction worldwide.
 
Most are unaware that a huge movement of authors, artists, filmmakers, publishers and fans of Kmtyw speculative fiction exists and that incredible work, from comic books to feature films, are being produced.
 
Join us Saturday, August 27, 2011, at 1:30pm, at the Happily Natural Day Festival to participate in this discussion, to learn more and to become part of the movement!
 
Happily Natural Day
August 26, 2011 - August 28, 2011
Omenala Griot Museum
337 Dargan Place
Atlanta, GA 30310

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