A Conversation with Dr. Lonny J Avi Brooks about Designing the Afrofuture

<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lonnyavibrooks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Dr. Lonny J. Avi Brooks</a> is an associate professor in communication at <a href="https://www.csueastbay.edu/news-center/experts/brooks-lonny.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">California State University, East Bay</a>. As the Co-Principal Investigator for the Long Term and Futures Thinking in Education Project, he has piloted the integration of futures thinking into the communication curriculum. As a leading voice in Afrofuturism, Brooks contributes prolifically to the field through diverse mediums, including numerous journals, book chapters, conferences, exhibitions, and festivals in the United States and worldwide. He is a co-creator alongside Ahmed Best and Jade Fabello of <a href="https://www.afrorithms.com/explore" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Afrorithm Futures Group</a>, an afrofuturist story collective and consultancy that creates tools to empower corporations, educational institutions, and individuals to imagine new, more equitable, and inclusive visions of the future.</p> <p><br></p> <p>In this conversation, we talk about his views on Afrofuturism as a community practice, especially in light of his research on foresight and developing tools to create new future visions.  Dr. Brooks is one of the featured interviews in <a href="www.afrofantastic.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Afrofantastic: The Transformative World of Afrofuturism</a>, a new documentary available at pbs.org. </p> <p><br></p>