Why is Sun Ra the Father of Afrofuturism?

Sun Ra Sun Ra was a big-band innovator, a pioneer of recording and playing with electronics, a poet, a cosmic philosopher, a bandleader and a keyboard innovator who claimed to be from Saturn. JoVia Armstrong, musician, composer and assistant professor of music at the University of Virginia discusses why Sun Ra is considered the father of Afrofuturism. Watch the first episode of Sonic Threads on VPM History Channel.
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