[Interview of community organizer, teacher, and author Maurice Broaddus].

Community organizer, teacher, and author Maurice Broaddus is interviewed by University of Florida doctoral student Kimberly Williams following the Zora Neale Hurston Festival in Eatonville, Florida. He talks about how faith and hope informs his writing and activism work, and shares how as a student...

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Other Authors: Broaddus, Maurice (Interviewee), Williams, Kimberly (Of University of Florida) (Interviewer)
Language:English
Series:Voices of the Black Imaginary.
Subjects:
Broaddus, Maurice > Interviews.
Broaddus, Maurice > Knowledge and learning.
Hurston, Zora Neale > Influence.
Community activists > Interviews.
Afrofuturism.
Authorship > Religious aspects.
Political participation > Religious aspects.
Creative writing.
Fiction > Authorship > Psychological aspects.
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
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Interviews.
Sound recordings.
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Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (18 min., 24 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
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Community organizer, teacher, and author Maurice Broaddus is interviewed by University of Florida doctoral student Kimberly Williams following the Zora Neale Hurston Festival in Eatonville, Florida. He talks about how faith and hope informs his writing and activism work, and shares how as a student, he originally majored in biology but later transitioned into creative writing. Broaddus speaks of his start in the horror genre and how that was his genesis to work through rage and pain. He explains what Afrofuturism means to him and how it parallels his activism regarding oral history, community engagement, and teaching. Maurice states "Afrofuturism offers us a chance to see ourselves" and that the Zora Neale Hurston's scholarship and Afrofuturism tenets both promote living and creating an authentic self.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Originally recorded in Eatonville, Florida.
Part of the Voices of the Black Imaginary collection.
Call Number:Voice 45459
Playing Time:00:18:24
Event Details:
Recorded 2020 January 31