Black Quantum Futurism

Black Quantum Futurism (BQF) is a literary and artistic collective composed of Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa) and Rasheedah Phillips. It is also a name for the set of Afrofuturist theoretical frameworks and methodologies proposed by the collective.

The collective has published a book, Black Quantum Futurism: Theory & Practice (Volume 1) which proposes "a new approach to living and experiencing reality by way of the manipulation of space-time in order to see into possible futures, and/or collapse space-time into a desired future in order to bring about that future’s reality."[1] The book argues that quantum mechanical interpretations of time, spacetime, causality, and interactions are more in agreement with Afrocentric understandings of these same phenomena than with Western ones, and that methodologies which merge these ideas will be able to counter Eurocentric, colonialist structures and conceptions of reality. The music of Moor Mother (Ayewa's solo musical project) applies BQF metholodies to musical composition and electronic noise manipulation.[2]

In June 2016, the founders of BQF opened the Community Futures Lab, an "afrofuturist community center" in North Philadelphia where they lead workshops and teach-ins, provide space for artistic practice, and fight gentrification in the area.[3]