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The night club is in Oakland. The dance floor is packed. Streams of various colored lights illuminate the room. Wall projections show a traditionally dressed Ethiopian woman. At the center of it all is DJ Selam Bekele, an Ethiopian painter, musician, filmmaker and Afrofuturist.
Bekele described Afrofuturism, a growing artistic movement, as a mix of science fiction and social justice. The movement uses elements of fantasy and magical realism to examine narratives from the African diaspora and construct stories of the future. “I’m seeking to break through definition and break through time … to find stories that go beyond that and speak to the human spirit,” she said.