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The artist Atang Tshikare is visible on a cell phone before a blurred backdrop of the Afrofuturist period room currently on view at The Met.
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Meet Atang Tshikare, one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
October 21, 2022
The artist and designer Jomo Tariku is visible on an iPhone against a blurred backdrop showcasing the Afrofuturist period room at The Met.
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Meet Jomo Tariku, one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
August 17, 2022
A photograph of the artist Zizipho Poswa sitting at her work station, pictured on an iPhone, against a faded installation view of the exhibition "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
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Meet Zizipho Poswa, one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
July 28, 2022
The artist Chuma Maweni sitting in a stool, the image framed in an iPhone against a blurry background of the exhibition "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
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Meet Chuma Madeni, one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
June 30, 2022
Cover of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-fi and Fantasy Culture
Watson Library’s collection of Afrofuturist books
Angela Washington
June 15, 2022
The artist Roberto Lugo is seen on an iPhone screen against a backdrop of the Afrofuturist period room currently installed at The Met.
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Meet Roberto Lugo, one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
May 11, 2022
The artist Cyrus Kabiru appears on a phone against a backdrop of the Afrofuturist period room exhibition.
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Meet Cyrus Kabiru, one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
April 19, 2022
The bestselling author and illustrator John Jennings is visible on an iPhone before a backdrop of the Afrofuturist period room currently on view at The Met.
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Meet John Jennings, bestselling author and illustrator whose graphic novella "Protocol and Response"—featured in The Met's latest Bulletin, dedicated to "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room"—animates the objects on display in the installation.
March 30, 2022
The artist Fabiola Jean-Louis visible on a phone screen before a backdrop from the Afrotuturist period room at The Met.
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Meet Fabiola Jean-Louis, one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
February 26, 2022
The artist Andile Dyalvane visible on a phone screen before a backdrop from the Afrotuturist period room at The Met.
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Meet Andile Dyalvane, one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
February 17, 2022
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