Ayana Jamieson, assistant professor of Ethnic Studies specializing in African American Studies, analyzes the overlap of real-world climate change and its depictions in the fictional narratives of sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, who is credited as the mother of the Afrofuturism genre. Jamieson is the founder of the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network.   This article … Continue reading Prof. Ayana Jamieson: 30 years after Octavia E. Butler’s ‘Parable of the Sower’ (Sierra Magazine)