This text examines works in literature and film of the African and Black Diaspora as well as mainstream media and popular culture in which African descendant people are subjects, actors and agents in science fiction narratives about imagined futures-whether they be set on earth, or elsewhere in the universe.

Hopefully, this book finds you celebrating your proofs of life. Your personal beliefs and opinions that signify youre still alive and kicking!



If not, perhaps these poems will inspire you to explore and declare whatever defines your own Proof of Life.



""Cause its not just a heartbeat that proves youre alive, but also what flows from within it and thrives.""