[Interview of author Tenea D. Johnson at the Zora Neale Hurston Festival in Eatonville, Florida].

Tenea D. Johnson, award winning author and founder of Progress By Design, is interviewed by Grace Chun, project coordinator at University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, as part of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival in Eatonville, Florida. Tenea speaks about her work, afrofuturism, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Voices of the Black Imaginary.
Other Authors: Johnson, Tenea D. (Interviewee)
Chun, Grace (Graduate of University of Florida) (Interviewer)
Language:English
Series:Voices of the Black Imaginary.
Subjects:
Johnson, Tenea D. > Interviews.
Authors, American > 21st century > Interviews.
Johnson, Tenea D. > Criticism and interpretation.
Afrofuturism.
Speculative fiction.
Hurston, Zora Neale > Influence.
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (23 min., 1 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
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Summary:
Tenea D. Johnson, award winning author and founder of Progress By Design, is interviewed by Grace Chun, project coordinator at University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, as part of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival in Eatonville, Florida. Tenea speaks about her work, afrofuturism, and how her stories and songs create worlds to examine big questions. She defines speculative fiction anything that doesn't abide by the rules, that is not based in reality. Tenea says she hopes that afrofuturism and Black speculative fiction will become a greater force than just entertainment and that Zora Neale Hurston's ethnographies influenced her the most as she demonstrated confidence not out of ego but of skill, exemplifying bravery and openness.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Part of the Voices of the Black Imaginary collection.
Originally recorded as part of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival in Eatonville, Florida.
Call Number:Voice 45469
Playing Time:00:23:01
Event Details:
Recorded 2020 January 31