Abstract This article historicises and applies a critical framework to key themes in Afrofuturist cultural production. Building on recent popularisations of tropes of black futurity and Afrocentrism, it analyses the figure of the ‘afronaut’ as it has appeared in a range of contemporary art practices in Europe, the United States, and Africa. The author roots the afronaut in a visual cultural lineage of science fiction and argues that, in recent history, artists deploy this figure to an array of socio-political and epistemological ends.

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宇航员

摘要 本文对非洲未来主义文化生产的关键主题进行了历史化和应用。在最近流行的黑色未来和非洲中心主义比喻的基础上，它分析了出现在欧洲、美国和非洲的一系列当代艺术实践中的“宇航员”形象。作者将宇航员归根于科幻小说的视觉文化谱系，并认为，在近代历史中，艺术家将这个人物运用到一系列社会政治和认识论的目的。