LibGuides: Afrofuturism & Otherworldliness in Music: Finding Books & DVDs

Introduction

Use this page as a springboard for finding books related to music and Afrofuturism.

To find Afrofuturism resources related to other topics such as graphic novels, fiction, and film, please see our companion guide for all non-music Afrofuturism resources.

Book Selections from the Collection

Boogie down Predictions: hip-hop, time, and Afrofuturism by Roy Christopher
ISBN: 9781913689285
Publication Date: 2022
Available in print and digital formats.
The Chronicles of DOOM by S. H. Fernando
ISBN: 9781662602177
Publication Date: 2024
Available in print only.
DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution by Lance Scott Walker
ISBN: 9781477325131
Publication Date: 2022
Available in print and digital formats.
Janelle Monáe's Queer Afrofuturism by Dan Hassler-Forest
ISBN: 9781978826687
Publication Date: 2022
Available in print and digital formats.
Sun Ra's Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City by William Sites
ISBN: 9780226732244
Publication Date: 2021
Available in digital format only.
George Clinton and the Cosmic Odyssey of the P-Funk Empire by Kris Needs
ISBN: 9781915841377
Publication Date: 2024-09-24
Available in print and digital formats.

DVD Selections from the Collection

The Art Ensemble of Chicago live from the Jazz Showcase by Art Ensemble of Chicago
Publication Date: 2004
A live performance by the Art Ensemble of Chicago at the Jazz Showcase in 1981.
Space is the Place by Sun Ra
Publication Date: 1974
Sun Ra, the space age prophet lands his spaceship in Oakland, having been presumed lost in space for a few years.
A Joyful Noise by Sun Ra
Publication Date: 1980
A film featuring documentation of performances by Sun Ra & his Arkestra in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C.