Interested in a good take on Sci-Fi by a Nigerian author? Check out the short story Discovering Time Travel By Suleiman Agbonkhianmen Buhari. “Then why do all the Quantum-Chronologists at the Arusha Institute still say time travel is impossible?” “It’s like dinosaurs and spheres.” “What?” “People around the world haveContinue Reading
There was a great post on IO9 today by Charlie Jane Anders pointing to a post by a Nigerian author by the name of Wole Talabi who presented his list of the 10 Best African Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories of 2015. All the stories are a real treasure to read,Continue Reading
History of Science Fiction in Sub-Saharan Africa is an even more neglected subject than say Science Fiction in the Arabic or Turkish languages. Thus it was a breath of fresh air to know about Amharic Science Fiction by a Muslim author from the mid-1940s. The Ethiopian Amharic writer Mäkonnen Endalkaččäw published a collection Arremuňň. OneContinue Reading
While not considered true Science Fiction Muhammadu Bello Kagara’s works may be considered to have elements of proto-Science Fiction. His works from the early 20th century are some of the earliest works of Spelative Fiction in not just Africa but in the rest of the world as well. Anti-colonial themes are anContinue Reading
(Image Source: Al-Jazeera) Al-Jazeera has just ran an article on the rise of Horror, Speculative Fiction and Science Fiction in the Arabic language in recent years. But the Katara prize is untested, and this year’s Sheikh Zayed award hardly launched a tweet. Meanwhile, the IPAF sparked an avalanche of social-media zaghrutasand attendantContinue Reading
Abdourahman Waberi’s Aux États-Unis d’Afrique was published in 2006, and the English translation, In the United States of Africa, came out in 2009. It’s a brief, lyrical and pointed satire that imagines our world in reverse: Africa is a region of stability and prosperity, united by a single government, withContinue Reading
Dr. Ali Mazrui, Kenyan born economist and scholar has written one work of science fiction titled, The Trial of Christopher Okigbo. In this 1971 work Mazrui makes use of a thematic device used throughout his writings, both fiction and non-fiction, that he labels ‘the triple heritage” of Africa, those faithContinue Reading
This 1962 novel continues Reynolds “North Africa series” and his attack on Islam started in Blackman’s Burden. The agents are finding success in moving the people away from Islam. His depiction of the Muslim leaders as corrupt and greedy has led to rebellion. Reynolds main character, Homer Crawford, sums upContinue Reading