Wakanda & Black Liberatory Futures
Team: Terresa Moses, Lead Instructor
Program: Design Justice
Wakanda & Black Liberatory Futures centers West African cultural practices to explore an international afro-futurist understanding of values, policies, and practices that might support the design, creation, and reimagining of Black futures that promote abolitionist principles and collective liberation. Through historical and modern-day research methods, Afro-Futurist and Pan-Africanist movements, community engagement, and cross-disciplinary approaches, students will engage in the design research process to tackle emerging community issues that directly oppress Black communities throughout the United States. The four major themes present in this course are Senegalese/West-African Culture, Community Activation, Public Policy, and Environmental Justice. This course will directly support the exploration of Black ancestral narratives as a means to learn from the counter-stories of people throughout the African diaspora.
Keywords: Black liberation, Learning Abroad, Afro-Futurism, Pan-Africanism
Funders: Learning Abroad Center
Other Collaborators: Simone Gbolo, Co-Instructor
