RELEASED: Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction
Finally released 14th November 2024! With contributing authors—Aline Mwezi, Cheryl Ntumy, Dilman Dila, Nerine Dorman, Nuzo Onoh, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Stephen Embleton, Suyi Okungbowa, Tobi Ogundiran, Xan van Rooyen—for their boldly hybrid chapters that interface Afrocentric artefacts and exegesis. I'm really proud to be included in this wonderful anthology of African SFF writers, all sharing our unique perspectives and worldviews on our writing in the speculative realm. My essay, Cosmologies and Languages Building Africanfuturism , on world-building and cosmology referring to my two novels ( "Soul Searching" , and "Bones & Runes" ) and the Sauúti Collective. Order Here Table of Contents Preface The Structure of This Book Chapter 1. On Afrocentric Futurisms–The Case for an Inclusive Expression Suyi Okungbowa, Nigeria/Canada Chapter 2. Cosmologies and Languages Building Africanfuturism Stephen Embleton, South Africa/UK Chapter 3. An Afrofuturistic Dysto...
