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South Africa, the rainbow nation. A place of dazzling sun, incredible wildlife, rugged coasts, and tabletop mountains, with a people as diverse and creative as the landscape. The country\\u2019s art scene too is in rude health, one of the most forward thinking on the continent. But South Africa as a place of space, of technology, of the future? It\\u2019s not where your mind immediately goes.

Today, the country\\u2019s creatives are not remaining stuck in tradition. Take one look at South Africa\\u2019s best young artists, especially those in the vibrant city of Johannesburg, and you\\u2019ll notice a theme. They\\u2019re all following a code, an aesthetic, known as Afrofuturism. It\\u2019s an artistic concept which places people of the African diaspora in the future.

But why are South African musicians, writers, and artists looking forward not back? To space not the earth? How did apartheid cause utopian visions of the future? What links ancient African mythology with Black Panther? This week on Passport, we\\u2019re headed to Johannesburg to meet the South African afrofuturists to find out.

For more, including links to the things we talked about, and the places we visited, plus a full transcript, visit: https://www.frequencymachine.com/passport

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