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Contents 1 Archives 2 To become a Good Article 3 Recent deletions 4 news 5 The Ear, the Eye and the Arm 6 '70s style 7 Afrika Bambaataa 8 Bootsy Collins

[edit] Archives

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[edit] To become a Good Article

In order for Afrofuturism to be considered a good article by Wikipedia standards, please follow the guidelines detailed on the Wikipedia:What is a good article? page. --Loremaster 03:50, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recent deletions

I've deleted the following text from the article:

The displacement of traditional Black culture in Western culture is mirrored in the way that musicians like Sun Ra and George Clinton have been displaced on planet Earth.

The user who added this text needs to explain how the works of Sun Ra and George Clinton are afrofuturist. He also needs to back up his statements with sources since no original resarch is allowed on Wikipedia.

Futhermore, I've deleted links to articles that don't exist yet such as Blue Light (novel) and Space is the Place. Please create a stub for each of these articles *before* linking them to the Afrofuturism article. --Loremaster 03:45, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] news

Does anyone read this Wiki page? If so, what are your thoughts? Please add more content. -- minerva obsidian

Hello Minerva, I suggest you read the new sign at the top of the page. --Loremaster 16:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Ear, the Eye and the Arm

Is The Ear, the Eye and the Arm an Afrofuturism book?

Let's add it to the article. If someone comes up with a valid objection, we'll just delete it. --Loremaster 23:41, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] '70s style

Not a topic I know much about, but it seems to me that things like Labelle in the mid-'70s belong under this heading. There was a Black side of what was essentially a glam rock sensibility, and it had even more of a sci-fi & futuristic aspect than the pasty Brits. - Jmabel | Talk 05:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to mention them in the article. --Loremaster 21:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Afrika Bambaataa

Has anyone considered adding Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force to this page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dediablo (talk • contribs) 00:24, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

There should absolutely be a mention of Bambaataa, and of electro in general. I might add something when I have more time. Greenie2600 (talk) 03:28, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bootsy Collins

Anyone agree that Bootsy belongs in this article as well? Appearance, themes, song/album titles, and of course his "space bass". Chewyrunt (talk) 19:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)