Spotlight – Tlotlo Tsamaase
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
Category Archives: Africanfuturism
Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora, Zelda Knight, et al.
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
The Dark Star Trilogy, Marlon James
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
Lagoon, Nnedi Okorafor
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
Our Memory Like Dust, Gavin Chait
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
When Rain Clouds Gather, Bessie Head
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
Mara and Dann, Doris Lessing
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
The Girl in the Road, Monica Byrne
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