The Broken Earth Trilogy(2015-2017)is the three-time Hugo award-winning work of contemporary African-Ameri-can writer N.K.Jemisin.The trilogy tells the story of a group of oppressed posthuman black women leading their kind to save the world against the backdrop of the apocalypse,elaborating on the thought of Afrofuturist Feminism that emerges in the field of science fiction research in recent years.On one hand,the trilogy depicts the structural oppression and collective trauma suf-fered by the posthuman black subjects through the genre of science fiction and multiple perspectives.It shows a re-understand-ing of the history of African ethnic groups and criticizes the imperial modernity,which echoes with the idea of the"counter-memories or counter-pasts"of Afrofuturist Feminism as it is also a petite historoire that is different from the grand narrative of colonialism.On the other hand,the trilogy portrays black women as the center agent of change in the future world.It entrusts the author's utopian desire of building a beautiful new world,which coincides with the idea of"counter-futures"of Afrofutur-ist Feminism.Jemisin's trilogy presents a typical aesthetic feature of Afrofuturist Feminism.
N.K.JemisinThe Broken Earth TrilogyAfrofuturist Feminismcountermemories or counter-pastscounter-fu-tures
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