ZORA! FESTIVAL PRESENTS “AFROFUTURISM

January 22, 2021

ZORA! FESTIVAL 2021

AFROFUTURISM TALK

“THE DEMO TAPE AIN’T NOBODY WANNA HEAR”
(A Virtual Program)

7:00 - 8:30 PM EST
Wednesday, JANUARY 27

Seminole State College of Florida, in collaboration with ZORA! Festival 2021, presents Dr. Regina M. Bradley, Assistant Professor of English and African Diaspora Studies Kennesaw State University.

Dr. Regina N. Bradley, author of Boondock Kollage: Stories from the Hip Hop South will discuss the cultural significance of hip hop, with emphasis on the group OutKast and how they use hip hop to expand definitions of southern Blackness and their representations of a consistently evolving performance of race, region, and identity.

Free and Open to the Public

“AFROFUTURISM — WHAT IS ITS SOUND?”
(A Virtual Program)

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM EST
Friday, January 29 and Saturday, January 30

Afrofuturism — What is its Sound?” is a 2-day event curated by Dr. Julian Chambliss, professor of English, Michigan State University and ZORA! Festival National Planner. This conference is inspired by Zora Neale Hurston’s legacy of valuing the voices and sounds of black culture and will marry elements of futurism or science fiction to the oral tradition and music technology evident in black history and culture.

Free and Open to the Public

ZORA! FESTIVAL'S
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Zora Neale Hurston® National Museum of Fine Arts
(The Hurston®)

EXPANDED ZORA! FESTIVAL HOURS
Now through January 31
Monday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturdays, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sundays, 2:00 - 5:00 PM

For more information contact Cynthia Haywood: Museum Docent
407-647-3307

The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (P.E.C.) is a historic preservation/cultural arts/community revitalization organization, which was established in 1987 and incorporated by the State of Florida in 1988. P.E.C. has 501 (c) 3 status as determined by the Internal Revenue Service. Our FEIN is 59-2952662.

COVID-19-related funding to the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (P.E.C.) provided by:
Florida Humanities Council, State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs, and United Arts of Central Florida

We are governed by a Board of Directors, whose members are:

Officers
Winfred Chad McKendrick, President

Tadayuki (Tad) Hara, Ph.D., Vice President

Joshua Smith-Benson, PharmD., Treasurer

Rasheeda Garricks, MBA, Secretary

Marie-José François, MD, Immediate Past President

Members

John W. Beacham

Ava K. Doppelt, Esq.

Harietta Finley White

Thomas S. Kornegay

Reginald Lewis

Reginald B. McGill

Jenneil Ross

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