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Category Archives: Africanfuturism

Noor, Nnedi Okorafor

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on July 28, 2022 by Mary WoodburyJuly 28, 2022

Now in paperback, from Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful rumination on biotechnology, destiny, and humanity in … Read more

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The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki et al.

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on September 30, 2021 by Mary WoodburyFebruary 13, 2022

The first ever Year’s Best African speculative fiction anthology with 2020 reprinted works from some of the most exciting voices, old and new. Short stories … Read more

Posted in Africanfuturism, Africanjujuism, All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative, Suspense/Thriller | Tagged Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki | Leave a reply

Spotlight – Tlotlo Tsamaase

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on February 10, 2021 by Mary WoodburyFebruary 11, 2021

Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to other kinds of fiction, but … Read more

Posted in Africanfuturism, Africanjujuism, All, Books, Fantasy, LGTBQ+, Science Fiction, Spotlight, Women Working in Nature and the Arts, World Eco-Fiction | Tagged Tlotlo Tsamaase | Leave a reply

Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora, Zelda Knight, et al.

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on August 30, 2020 by Mary WoodburyAugust 30, 2020

Dominion is the first anthology of speculative fiction and poetry by Africans and the African Diaspora. An old god rises up each fall to test … Read more

Posted in Africanfuturism, Africanjujuism, Afrofuturism, All, Books, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative | Tagged Zelda Knight | Leave a reply

The Dark Star Trilogy, Marlon James

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on October 20, 2019 by Mary WoodburyOctober 21, 2021

The first volume of a promised trilogy, a fabulist reimagining of Africa, with inevitable echoes of Tolkien, George R.R. Martin and Black Panther, but highly … Read more

Posted in Africanfuturism, All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Fantasy | Tagged Marlon James | Leave a reply

Lagoon, Nnedi Okorafor

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on May 16, 2019 by Mary WoodburySeptember 24, 2020

This is about Nigeria. Lagos Nigeria. It is about the people who live there and the culture and language that has arisen there from time … Read more

Posted in Africanfuturism, All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative | Tagged Nnedi Okorafor | Leave a reply

Our Memory Like Dust, Gavin Chait

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on October 31, 2017 by Mary WoodburyAugust 29, 2020

  Chait follows three main characters through a brilliantly imagined near-future Africa ravaged by war, climate change, jihadi cults and multinational companies…He interweaves ecological and … Read more

Posted in Africanfuturism, All, Books, Contemporary, Cultural/Regional, Dystopian, Literary, Science Fiction | Tagged Gavin Chait | Leave a reply

When Rain Clouds Gather, Bessie Head

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on August 1, 2017 by Mary WoodburyAugust 29, 2020

When Rain Clouds Gather & Maru are two books in one. The poverty-stricken village of Golema Mmidi, in the heart of rural Botswana, offers a … Read more

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Mara and Dann, Doris Lessing

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on May 9, 2016 by Mary WoodburyJuly 6, 2020

An emotionally involving science-fantasy novel with a focus on history and sociological relevance, Mara and Dann is Doris Lessing’s return to magic realism after a … Read more

Posted in Africanfuturism, All, Apocalyptic, Books, Fantasy, Literary, Post-apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Speculative | Tagged Doris Lessing | Leave a reply

The Girl in the Road, Monica Byrne

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on June 10, 2015 by Mary WoodburyJuly 6, 2020

At the centre of the plot of the book is the idea of the Trans-Arabian Linear Generator, colloquially known as the Trail. This is a … Read more

Posted in Africanfuturism, All, Books, Dystopian, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative | Tagged Monica Byrne | Leave a reply

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