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* ''Dread Nation'' by Justina Ireland

* ''Literature/TalesOfTheAstonishingBlackSpark'' by Charlie J. Eskew

* ''Literature/WhenDadKilledMom'' by Julius Lester

* ''The Ballad of Black Tom'' by Victor [=LaValle=]

* Maya Angelou

* Langston Hughes
* Audre Lorde

SpeculativeFiction may draw on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-futurist#Writers Afro Futurist themes]], avert HumansAreWhite and InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace.
They may also feature NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel and PersecutionFlip. They may be influenced by steampunk (sometimes called 'steamfunk') or sword and sorcery (sometimes called 'sword and soul'.

* ''Literature/MosesManOfTheMountain'' by Zora Neale Hurston

* ''Literature/TheirEyesWereWatchingGod'' by Zora Neale Hurston

* ''A Lesson Before Dying'' by Ernest J. Gaines

* ''Literature/{{Home}}'' by Creator/ToniMorrison

!![[ChildrensLiterature Juvenile]] and {{YoungAdult|Literature}} Fiction:

!![[LitFic Literature]]:

!!Short Stories:

!!{{Theater}}:

* ''Literature/StraightOuttaFangton'' and its sequels by Creator/CTPhipps

* ''Literature/{{Black Gods Drums}}'' by P.Djeli Clark

[[LitFic Literature]]:

Short Stories:

SpeculativeFiction:

* ''[[Literature/{{Acacia}} Acacia]]'' by David Anthony Durham

* ''[[Literature/AkataWitch Akata Witch]]'' and ''Akata Warrior'' by [[Creator/NnediOkorafor Nnedi Okorafor]]
* ''[[Literature/Babel17 Babel-17]]'' by [[Creator/SamuelRDelany Samuel R. Delany]]

* The Binti series by [[Creator/NnediOkorafor Nnedi Okorafor]]

* The [[Literature/BoneStreetRumba Bone Street Rumba]] series by Daniel José Older
* ''[[Literature/TheBookOfPhoenix The Book of Phoenix]]'' by [[Creator/NnediOkorafor Nnedi Okorafor]]
* The Broken Earth trilogy (''[[Literature/TheFifthSeason The Fifth Season]]'' and sequels) by [[Creator/NKJemisin N. K. Jemsin]]
* ''[[Literature/TheChangeling The Changeling]]'' by Victor [=LaValle=]

* ''[[Literature/ChildrenOfBloodAndBone Children of Blood and Bone]]'' by Tomi Adeyemi

* ''[[Literature/{{Dhalgren}} Dhalgren]]'' by [[Creator/SamuelRDelany Samuel R. Delany]]

* The [[Literature/DreambloodDuology Dreamblood Duology]] by [[Creator/NKJemisin N. K. Jemsin]]
* The [[Literature/ParableOfTheSower Earthseed]] series by [[Creator/OctaviaButler Octavia Butler]]
* ''[[Literature/EmpireStar Empire Star]]'' by [[Creator/SamuelRDelany Samuel R. Delany]]

* ''[[Literature/{{Fledgling}} Fledgling]]'' by [[Creator/OctaviaButler Octavia Butler]]

* The [[Literature/{{Imaro}} Imaro]] series by Charles R. Saunders
* The [[Literature/InheritanceTrilogy Inheritance Trilogy]] by [[Creator/NKJemisin N. K. Jemsin]]

* ''Literature/{{Kindred}}'' by [[Creator/OctaviaButler Octavia Butler]]
* The [[Literature/LilithsBrood Lilith's Brood]] trilogy by [[Creator/OctaviaButler Octavia Butler]]

* ''[[Literature/MosesTheChroniclesOfHarrietTubman Moses: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman]]'' by Balogun Ojetade
* ''[[Literature/MumboJumbo Mumbo Jumbo]]'' by [[Creator/IshmaelReed Ishmael Reed]]

* The Nevèrÿon series by [[Creator/SamuelRDelany Samuel R. Delany]]

* The [[Literature/{{Patternist}} Patternist]] series by [[Creator/OctaviaButler Octavia Butler]]

* ''Literature/Prey of Gods'' by Nicky Drayden
* ''[[Literature/TheShadowSpeaker The Shadow Speaker]]'' by [[Creator/NnediOkorafor Nnedi Okorafor]]
* ''[[Literature/TheSorcererOfTheWildeeps The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps]]'' by Kai Ashante Wilson
* ''[[Literature/StraightOuttaFangton Straight Outta Fangton]]'' and its sequels by [[Creator/CTPhipps C. T. Phipps]]

* ''Literature/ThePreyOfGods'' by Nicky Drayden
* ''[[Literature/ATasteOfHoney A Taste of Honey]]'' by Kai Ashante Wilson
* ''Triton'' by [[Creator/SamuelRDelany Samuel R. Delany]]
* ''[[Literature/TheUndergroundRailroad The Underground Railroad]]'' by Colson Whitehead
* The [[Literature/VampireHuntressLegend Vampire Huntress Legend]] series by L. A. Banks
* ''[[Literature/WhoFearsDeath Who Fears Death]]'' by [[Creator/NnediOkorafor Nnedi Okorafor]]
* ''[[Literature/ZahrahTheWindseeker Zahrah the Windseeker]]'' by [[Creator/NnediOkorafor Nnedi Okorafor]]
* ''[[Literature/ZoneOne Zone One]]'' by Colson Whitehead

{{Poetry}}:

{{Theater}}:

UrbanFiction:

[[ChildrensLiterature Juvenile]] and [[YoungAdultLiterature and Young Adult]] Fiction:

* ''Literature/{{Black Gods Drums}}'' by P.Djeli Clark

* ''[[Literature/{{Prey Of Gods}} Prey Of Gods]]'' by Nicky Drayden

* ''Kindred'' by [[Creator/OctaviaButler Octavia Butler]]

[[YoungAdultLiterature Juvenile and YA Fiction]]:

Poetry:

Theater:

Juvenile and YA Fiction:

* The works of Langston Hughes

* Wanda Conley
* Phyllis Wheatley

* Lucille Clifton

* Terrance Hayes

* ''Fences'' by August Wilson
* ''Theatre/PassingStrange'' (a musical) by Stew and Heidi Rodewald
* ''Dutchman'' by Amiri Baraka