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, 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.
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- In Collections
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Voices of the Black Imaginary
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2020-01-31
- Interviewees
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Broaddus, Maurice
- Interviewers
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Williams, Kimberly (Of University of Florida)
- Subjects
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Broaddus, Maurice
Hurston, Zora Neale
Community activists
Afrofuturism
Authorship--Religious aspects
Political participation--Religious aspects
Creative writing
Fiction--Authorship--Psychological aspects
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Interviews
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:18:24
- Venue Note
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Recorded 2020 January 31
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 45459
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13824439
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