(Event posted by Moon on meetup.com. Photo credit: Moon)
“Online Meet & Greet! Hey Black Sci-Fi fam, let’s connect for a casual online Meet & Greet to get to know one another, decide how often we’d like to meet and what books and authors (besides Octavia) we’d like to explore together. See you soon…”
Join the event: https://www.meetup.com/the-black-sci-fi-book-club/events/287354981/
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(Article by John-Baptiste Oduor posted on artreview.com. Photo credit: Kara Walker)
“The body of work loosely contained under the label of Afrofuturism exists within two radically distinct but conceptually overlapping timelines. The first encompasses the history of the United States but focuses its attention on slavery and its aftermath, traced all the way into the current century – the longue durée…”
Read the entire article: https://bit.ly/3Q6X3eo
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(Article by editor on africa.com. Photo credit: editor)
“With a digital media platform that focuses on World Shapers, Afro-Futurism, Cultural Bridge Builders, and much more for 2022. Can you imagine the modern world without the influences of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Idris Elba, Naomi Campbell, Lewis Hamilton, or Sade? When we look at science and inventions, the contributions by people of color go wide and far from developing mathematics to architecture and much more especially from the continent of Africa…”
Read the entire article: https://bit.ly/3HQIWXX
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(Article by Amanda Ong on southseattleemerald.com. Photo credit:
“The Eightfold Path is an anthology of interconnected Afrofuturistic parables inspired by the teachings of the Buddha. It traverses media, stories, cultures, and ideas. Johnson and coauthor Steven Barnes are both practicing Buddhists and have incorporated their beliefs into this series of Buddhist stories that intersect with science fiction and Afrofuturism…”
Read the entire article: https://bit.ly/3NH45Wg
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(Article by TRT World on trtworld.com. Photo Credit: TRT World)
“Night satellites orbiting the Earth can be a new way to identify economic inequality. Despite the success in reducing global poverty over the last two decades, nearly one billion people continue to live without access to reliable electricity, which in turn impacts health and welfare and impedes sustainable development. Knowing where these people are is crucial if aid and infrastructure are to reach them. Now, a new IIASA-led study proposes a method to estimate global economic wellbeing: the use of nighttime satellite images….”
Read the article: https://bit.ly/3sAEt59
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Article by Samantha Dorisca on afrotech.com. Photo credit: Paras Griffin.
“Tiffany Haddish is venturing into the world of virtual reality (VR). Joining forces with VR fitness app Supernatural, Tiffany Haddish will jumpstart their second annual “This Year Be You” campaign as the workout brand’s first celebrity guest coach, encouraging users to embrace transformation in the new year…”
Read the article: https://afrotech.com/tiffany-haddish-virtual-reality-supernatural
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Article by Associated Press on voanews.com. Photo credit: Associated Press.
“Computers have become amazingly precise at translating spoken words to text messages and scouring huge troves of information for answers to complex questions. At least, that is, so long as you speak English or another of the world’s dominant languages…”
Read the article: https://bit.ly/3Fy69My
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(Article by Leah Shepherd on devdiscourse.com.)
“The worldwide gaming market was worth over $203 billion in 2020. Industry experts unanimously agree that they can expect growth in the coming years, especially in the online sector. It seems that the African market has the biggest growth potential. The main question is – how to achieve it?”
Read the article: https://bit.ly/333dBAV
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(Article by Andrew Thurman on coindesk.com. Photo credit: Unsplash/Anthony Ingham)
“The Barbadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade signed an agreement on Sunday with Decentraland, among the largest and most popular crypto-powered digital worlds, for the establishment of a digital embassy. Per a press release provided to CoinDesk, the government is also finalizing agreements with “Somnium Space, SuperWorld and other Metaverse platforms…”
Read the article: https://bit.ly/3xZ8aOP
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(Article by Cornelia Tremann on lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter. Photo credit: Getty Images)
“…earlier this year, Huawei introduced into the African market the Mate 40, a smartphone with a pre-installed e-CNY wallet that uses the DCEP network. It appears that China’s secondary focus may very well be Africa – with an eye towards disrupting the global financial system…”
Read the article: https://bit.ly/3oq4hiA
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