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What is Audio Pharmacology? What is Sound Healing?

Sound healing is the therapeutic application of sound frequencies to the body/mind of a person with the intention of bringing them into a state of harmony and health.

Sound Healing can be transmitted to a person in a number of ways:

�������� Through using their own voice

�������� Through using their voice with other voices

Created by Shannon Harris, Audio Pharmacology is an integrative technique of ancient healing systems used in a form of medicinal music and visuals. It uses the Five Element System (Earth, Metal, Water, Wood, Fire) coupled with other sight and sound modalities to aid in the sensational process of tonal healing through inspirational meditation. With the use of deep breathing, color, light, sacred images, elemental/ environmental audio references, energy/ organ system frequency balancing, and binaural/monaural brain waves the experience induces vibrational harmony to its practitioners.

Afrofuturism849 hosts DJ Shannon Harris for a Healing workshop @ Blue 1647 April 12 at 5pm.

Hope to see you there!

Ytasha Womack will be moderating a panel on music at the second Astro Blackness conference.

The conference takes place March 12th-13th on the Loyola Marymount University campus, LA.

Ytasha Womack is giving a talk at Chicago State University titled “Afrofuturism: Reenvisioning a Future Now.�� as part of their Women’s History Month series.

The talk will take place March 11, 6-8pm, on the CSU campus.

Ytasha L. Womack’s short story “For Digital Girls Who Drink Tonic Water At The Bar When Purple Rain Isn’t Enough�� has made the longlist for The Jalada Prize for Literature.

Jalada.com is a collective of Pan-African writers

You can see the Longlist and link to the story .

Congrats Ytasha!

Uncanny Magazine, a magazine of science fiction and fantasy has published their 3rd issue and it features an essay by our very own Ytahsa L. Womack called “Afrofuturism Rising��.

You can view the essay on Uncanny’s website .

The University of Toronto hosts a talk on Afrofuturism with Ytasha L. Womack Friday, February 27.��Womack will discuss her latest books��Afrofuturism and Rayla 2212.��Sponsored by: A Different Booklist, Equity Studies Student Union, The Beguiling and The TCAF Store.

When: February 27

Time: 7:30 �� 9:30pm

Where:��Ivey Library, University of Toronto,

20 Willcocks Avenue,

Toronto Ontario

Ashe�� Cultural Arts Center hosts a chat on Afrofuturism with Ytasha L. Womack, Saturday, January 24 at the center’s headquarters. Womack will discuss her latest books Afrofuturism and Rayla 2212. The Ashe�� Cultural Arts Center currently hosts a local art exibit on Afrofuturism titled “What If.�� The event will include a presentation by representatives from Wildseed, an organization that uses Afrofuturism to forge community development in New Orleans as well.

When: Saturday, January 24

Time: 4-6 pm

Where: Ashe Cultural Arts Center

1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard

New Orleans, Louisiana 70113

Jalada.org, a pan African literary journal premiered its Afrofuturism issue this month. The journal includes Ytasha Womack’s ��short story.�� It’s a hilarious read that you won’t want to miss. Be sure to read other great writings, too and check out the discussion between speculative fiction authors Sofia Samatar and N’Nedi Okorafor.

Jalada.org “Afrofuture(s)�� Issue

BlackGirlNerds.com has created a masterpost of books written by and/or featuring Black people in speculative fiction. They list the books and authors in a beautiful and loose kind of categorization. Some of the authors included are Nalo Hopkinson, Samuel L. Delany, Steven Barnes, and Ytasha Womack. Link above!

Ytasha Womack was featured in DNAinfo magazine, Chicago, for her contributions to Afrofuturism!

“Womack spoke about how colonization efforts ought to make a conscious effort to avoid the same “isms�� that now exist on Earth. She posed many questions, including what existing government’s laws would govern an Earth colony? And who gets to settle this new civilization? Would such a place only be accessible to rich adventurers?��

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