The Caribbean we dream of: a culturally mixed future

Abstract

Afrofutrism emerges as a trend within North American science fiction. This movement is closely related to the fight against racism and the rights of Afro-descendant minorities in the United States. It has been defined as a cultural movement of Afro-descendants and for Afro-descendants in North America. Other movements focusing on African and Afro-American culture outside of the Anglo-American context have now emerged. These literary aspects have great differences with classical Afrofuturism.
In this work we will delve into the subject to find the similarities and differences between the different North American Afrofuturist movements, those of the African diaspora and Africans. We will analyze the relationship between racism and science fiction literature and its differences depending on where it is written.
We will see the Caribbean not as a geographical area but as a multinational territory with a common culture. We will analyze some characteristics of Caribbean science fiction and fantasy that classify as Afrofuturism. We will see that this Caribbean Afrofuturism is its own movement and not an imitation of North American Afrofuturism. Finally, we will question the very use of the word Afrofuturism for the particular case of the Caribbean cultural area.