Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler

Research: Who was Octavia E. Butler? Why is she the primary influence for so many contemporary writers? How should her influence affect our reading of this novel?

Change Is Divine: How Sci Fi Visionary Octavia Butler Influenced This Detroit Revolutionary“The ideas in Butler’s fiction challenge us to contend with our own choices and take responsibility for our own power.”

Research "afrofuturism" via this site: http://nisishawl.com/CCHBSF.html, and see the website for the book: octaviasbrood.com

Octavia E. Butler: Why the Author Is Called the Mother of AfrofuturismThe writer was one of the first black women to impact the science fiction genre.

Reading Women on Afrofuturism and Parable of the SowerTo close out Reading Women’s month on Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism, Kendra, Sachi, and Bezi discuss Afrofuturism and Parable of the Sower. From the episode: Kendra: So I think a great pla…

Context for the Privatization of Olivar, CA:

America’s Company Towns, Then and NowA look at these small towns across the United States shows the good, the bad and the ugly of the industrial boom

The song "We Shall Not Be Moved" the church-goers sing on page 134 after Lauren's brief sermon:

Lauren's (Octavia Butler's) "Earthseed" Ideals in Action! See below:

Octavia Butler on how (not) to choose our leaders:

Octavia Butler on How (Not) to Choose Our Leaders“To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.”

W.E.B. Dubois' Afrofuturistic short story 'The Comet' withstands the test of timeIt's not my habit to read nor review short stories. They are, as it says on the tin, a tad too short. Nonetheless, I really wanted to read The Comet, which is not only considered as a sci-fi classic but also written by one of the earliest Black American sci-fi writers--W.E.B. DuBois. I wasn't disappointed.

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