Science fiction, fantasy, horror and other forms of speculative fiction are breathing new life into African writing. International awards, TV deals, new publishing imprints, a growing fanbase and ...

Afrofuturism offers an alternative that emphasizes how entrenched mainstream science fiction genre has become. This African-inspired vision is gathering ground in film, literature and music, and is ...

Labels aside, Okorafor believes science fiction will play an invaluable role in Africa. "African science fiction is one arm of the many-armed creature that will solve problems on the continent ...

literary magazines and festivals is promoting African writers and changing the stories told about the region. A Turn to Reality: Nnedi Okorafor, an award-winning science fiction and fantasy ...

Dr. Omotoyosi Odukomaiya specializes in Black science fiction and women’s and gender studies, with a teaching focus at Hope College on American ethnic literature, African and African American science ...

From contact with aliens courtesy of Adrian Tchaikovsky to the childhood writings of Octavia E. Butler, February’s sci-fi ...

From angry spirits and parallel universes to alien abductions and epic folklore, African writers are offering fresh new horizons for the world’s science fiction landscape.

literary magazines and festivals is promoting African writers and changing the stories told about the region. A Turn to Reality: Nnedi Okorafor, an award-winning science fiction and fantasy ...

Triangulum’s setting in King William’s Town (now Qonce) and surroundings is unusual not only in science fiction but in South African literature more broadly. This area is also often neglected in the ...