Season 2 Episode 3: Beyonce is an Afrofuturist: Your Guide to the Renaissance of Return

Afrofuturism is everywhere! Allow Calvin and Anasa to be your guides to the Renaissance of Black storytellers who are accessing their imaginations to liberate the past, present and future… Nerd out with us on Beyonce’s return to the Continent, Black identity and storytelling at the Emmy’s, the nuanced magic of David Makes Man, Ta Nehisi Coates’ brilliant new Afrosurrealist novel, and more!

Don’t miss this episode’s Afrofuturist Afterparty playlist of our fave Afrobeats from across the continent and the Diaspora on Spotify. Send us more recommendations! @thebigwepodcast on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and hello@thebigwepodcast.com

Afrofuturism is everywhere! Allow Calvin and Anasa to be your guides to the Renaissance of Black storytellers who are accessing their imaginations to liberate the past, present and future... Nerd out with us on Beyonce's return to the Continent, Black identity and storytelling at the Emmy's, the nuanced magic of David Makes Man, Ta Nehisi Coates' brilliant new Afrosurrealist novel, and more!

Pop 3  

1. Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift 

2. David Makes Man 

3. The Water Dancer

Links

‘The Lion King: The Gift’ Is Beyonce’s Love Letter to Blackness

The Coolest Dance You’ve Never Heard Of: Pantsula

‘Pose’ Star Indya Moore On Why They Don’t Identify as Latino: “I’m Not White”

Billy Porter Is First Openly Gay Black Man To Win Emmy For Lead Actor In A Drama

Jharrel Jerome is the First Afro-Latino to Win an Emmy

Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome on why black trauma is celebrated at awards shows: “Our pain needs to be told”

‘David Makes Man’ Is a Complex Portrait of Black Boyhood

Oprah’s Book Club Announcement Ta Nehisi Coates Interview with Terri Gross on The Water Dancer

Oprah Calls Ta-Nehisi Coates' Fiction Debut 'One Of The Best Books I've Ever Read'

Black Freedom Beyond Borders: Reimagining Gender in Wakanda

Afrofuturist Afterparty Playlist on Spotify

Our favorite Afrobeats from across the continent and the diaspora--because real life Wakanda needs a turn up! This playlist accompanies Season 2 Episode 3 of the Big We Podcast, check us out at thebigwepodcast.com!