What is African dramatic form (ADF)?
In fiction writing and analysis, the three primary controls (or trees) of ADF are dramatic form, dramatic character, and dramatic mask.
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The Negative Aesthetic
The negative aesthetic is the practice of creating imagery from a Black center and the process of identifying and rethinking anti-Black imagery so that it becomes from a Black center.
The Problem of Anti-Blackness in Our Literal and Literary Imagination
Manichean leitmotif uses blackness, black bodies, or African humanity to symbolize the degeneration of an identity. Non-whites or white undesirables were typically “negroized” to reflect a degenerate state.
African Dramatic Form (ADF): An Introduction
Using ADF for story development can help writers avoid “borrowing” anti-Blackness from non-African languages, allowing them to make their stories more empathetic, more meaningful, and more “Black.”