In writer Kodwo Eshun's journal, Future Considerations on Afrofuturism, he expands upon this notion in which "Afrofuturism studies the appeals that black artists, musicians, critics, and writers have made to the future, in moments where any future was made difficult for them to imagine".
In Kodwo Eshun's journal, Future Considerations on Afrofuturism, this concept is further elucidated as Afrofuturism scrutinizes the enticements that black artists and creatives have made towards the future, particularly during periods when their ability to envision a plausible future was severely hampered.