Tag: Sun Ra

A Somewhat Comprehensive Guide to Sun Ra’s Jazz

LINK: Space Is the Place

New Animated Series Explores Cosmic Origins of Sun Ra and Afrofuturism #BlackHistoryMonth

LINK: From the team that brought you Spotify’s “Drawn & Recorded” series

What Sun Ra’s Poetry Can Teach Us About Afrofuturism

LINK: The quest for a “better day”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVhfDv6B_G4

#FutureofBlackHistoryMonth: WATCH Sun Ra’s Afrofuturism Classic, 1972’s “Space Is the Place”

https://youtu.be/qvbXEYninTo

#FutureofBlackHistoryMonth is Here at Dark Matters!

Dark Matters is mixing it up a little bit this year for Black History Month. Today through February 29 we’re bringing you a daily moment (or movement) of Afrofuturism for your enjoyment and edification.

Every day at noon, we’ll be posting about that wondrous, futuristic phenomenon of the African Diaspora as expressed in music, lit, visual art, activism, scholarship, essays, film, and more. We’re talking Parliament, Ytasha Womack, Janelle Monáe, Octavia Butler, and of course, Sun Ra in all his shiny glory.

Let us know of any Afrofuturism tidbits you’d like to share!

Sun Ra’s Full Lecture & Reading List From “The Black Man in the Cosmos”

LINK: His 1971 UC Berkeley Course

Utopian and Dystopian Visions of Afrofuturism

Read about it and watch the video at Slate.com.

Cover of Sun Ra's 1973 album "Space is the Place"

Cover of Sun Ra’s 1973 album “Space is the Place”

Sun Ra Gig @Mental Hospital Inspires Patient to Talk for the 1st Time in Years

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Hear Sun Ra’s 1971 UC Berkeley Lecture “The Power of Words”

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Unreleased Sun Ra recordings remastered & reissued on vinyl

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