For many of us, the present moment evokes a sense of déjà vu. We’ve witnessed familiar backlash in different parts of the world against efforts to confront anti-Black racism. Capitalism’s booms continue to lift the rich; its busts remain acutely racialised. New technologies and climate change have only amplified these effects, heightening the feeling of existential dread. And facing renewed assault in a hierarchical international order, democracy and sovereignty continue to prove necessary but insufficient conditions for global Black liberation.

It’s tempting in such times to give in to the easy comforts of disillusionment or tending to one’s own. But we stand today on the shoulders of giants—ordinary people who found extraordinariness through responding to such times in the past with ideas and actions for freer futures. Indeed, with previous generations having delivered the twentieth century’s victories of decolonisation, political and civil rights, and an abundance of groundbreaking Black cultural production, what will today’s generations have to show by the end of the twenty-first century?

Against this backdrop, we are delighted to announce that Moya magazine is accepting pitches for a special volume on Planetary Blackness in the Year 2100.

We are looking for potential contributions that use the year 2100 as a canvas at the intersection of race, Blackness and the future. Published by 21Hundred, this special volume of Moya asks, what might a world in which we all belong look like, and what might it take to make it real?

The deadline for pitches is Monday, 12 November 2026.

To learn more about the call and how to submit a pitch, visit the Moya website.