I had to stand up and create the sub-category for my work because others could not get it right. Creating a space is better than trying to fit into a space that was never made for you. I don't do erasure. #Africanfuturism #Africanjujuism

“5 AUTHORS WHO COINED THEIR OWN SUB-GENRES”: https://t.co/jp30WB6HVJ

Finished reading #AfricaRisen during my week off. A really solid anthology on #Africanfuturism and #Afrofuturism.

The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library" by Tobi Ogundiran was my favourite story, in which -- allow me to copy the aptly summarised blurb -- a hapless salesman flees the librarian hell-bent on retrieving her lost library book. #AmReading #SFF #Books #Bookstodon

https://publishing.tor.com/africarisen-shereereneethomas/9781250833006/

THE DESERT MAGICIAN'S DUOLOGY (DAW Books)

Book 1: Shadow Speaker (due out in September)
Book 2: Like Thunder (due out in November)

Adventure in an era of tainted technology and mysterious mysticism. 🐱🌞🌪️⛈️ #Africanjujuism + #Africanfuturism

The new audiobook of WHO FEARS DEATH is now available on Audible.com. It’s narrated by Yetide Badaki (American Gods, This is Us, Rise).

It’s such a powerful reading. Yetide channels Onyesonwu wonderfully! #africanjujuism #africanfuturism #desertpunk

Gizmodo: Get a First Glimpse at Nnedi Okorafor's Next Africanfuturist Novel, Like Thunder https://gizmodo.com/nnedi-okorafor-new-africanfuturist-novel-like-thunder-1850647999 #theshadowspeaker #africanfuturism #nnediokorafor #whofearsdeath #jimtierney #ejiiubaid #alimamami #gregruth #akwaoji #fantasy #dikeogu #nebula #locus #gambo #ette #hira #buji #hugo #noah

PHOENIX is a brand new imprint at Ouida Books, a Nigerian publisher, launched by me and author Lola Shoneyin for fresh #africanfuturism and #africanjujuism (science fiction & fantasy) by writers of African descent worldwide. 🌍✍🏾

Here are the submission guidelines: https://ouidabooks.com/submissions-guidelines/

📣ANNOUNCEMENT: Nigerian publisher Ouida Books is launching a new imprint called PHOENIX, 😊.

Initiated by writer Lola Shoneyin and me, PHOENIX is dedicated to promoting and publishing fresh africanfuturism and africanjujuism (science fiction and fantasy) by writers of African descent worldwide. 🌍📚✍🏾

The imprint will be managed by Omotoke Solarin-Sodara. Please send your manuscripts to Phoenix@ouidabooks.com.

#Africanfuturism #africanjujuism #nnediokorafor

My short story JUST OUT OF JUPITER'S REACH is available today as an ebook and an audiobook (read by Dele Ogundiran) here: https://a.co/d/c0PKEbR

What it’s about: Tornado Onwubiko is one of seven paired with living ships to research the cosmos for 20 million euros. A decade of solitary life for a lifetime of wealth. Five years into this 10-year mission comes a consolation: A temporary meetup of the seven travelers. A lot can happen in a week.

[This is set in Binti's universe.] #Africanfuturism

I've just had a little exchange on the birdsite with @nnedi , who officially called her writing #solarpunk !

> Noor is solarpunk.

> Wasn’t a term I was familiar with. Someone referred to it as such. I looked up the definition. Yes, the novel is solarpunk. For reference, see the embedded podcast in the novel.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57632292-noor

Source: https://twitter.com/Nnedi/status/1668288982793490434

#AfricanFuturism

Open for submissions (limited demographic, please read the details!): "Omenana Magazine will open for submissions for the 26th edition from 25th April to May 25th 2023.

For this edition, we are rooting for science fiction stories set in the depths of space or other planets, far away from Earth.

We want art, fiction, and non-fiction from artists and writers from Africa and the African Diaspora."

https://omenana.com/omenana-submissions/

#AfricanFuturism #amwriting

@lex @tofuwabohu while #afrofuturism comes from the US (and the wider diaspora perspective), #AfricanFuturism covers a lot of African themes!

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/588356.Nnedi_Okorafor is a good example of one such author

💥Announcement:
My novel SHADOW SPEAKER and its unpublished sequel LIKE THUNDER *finally* have a new home, @dawbooks!

THE DESERT MAGICIAN’S DUOLOGY 📚
Book 1: SHADOW SPEAKER (Sep 26, 2023)
Book 2: LIKE THUNDER (TBA)
#Africanjujuism
#Africanfuturism

Now available for pre-order

The new cover of SHADOW SPEAKER (another Greg Ruth creation) will be revealed soon.

💥Announcing my new novella trilogy titled SHE WHO KNOWS (DAW Books, Inc), 😃.

“I’ve wanted to write this story for over a decade. It’s been dwelling in my head like a living storm. If you thought Onyesonwu from Who Fears Death was intense, wait until you truly meet her mother. Phew!”

#nnediokorafor
#sciencefiction
#africanjujuism
#africanfuturism

Merci pour votre enthousiasme pour le #BlackHistoryMonth ! Aujourd'hui, on vous présente une deuxième autrice incontournable, fer de lance de l'#africanfuturism, Nnedi Okorafor.

Son chef d'oeuvre absolu, Qui a peur de la mort, vous emmènera dans une Afrique post-apocalyptique où le juju est à l'oeuvre. Quête initiatique, roman d'aventure et magnifique texte féministe : c'est une histoire qui vous marquera pour longtemps tant certaines scènes sont puissantes... Au point d'être parfois difficiles à lire, car c'est aussi un monde extrêmement violent auquel est confrontée l'héroïne.

Si vous voulez continuer l'aventure dans cet univers, n'hésitez pas à vous plonger dans Le livre de Phénix sorti cet été, c'est le prequel ! Et pour celles et ceux qui voudraient découvrir Nnedi Okorafor avec des textes moins difficile, on vous conseille fortement La Fille aux mains magiques, superbe novella narrée comme un conte, et dont la version française bénéficie d'illustrations inédites.

#MastoLivre #Imaginaire #ScienceFiction #novella

I thought of the Global North debut of Wanuri Kahiu with Pumzi, her science fiction short.

"Water should be free!"

She opened up about the material realities of funding + distributing African films.
+importance of recentering Black, African-descended folks in African stories.

#WanuriKahiu #Water
#ScienceFiction
#BlackMastodon
#Dystopia
#EastAfrica
#Kenya
#AfricanDiaspora
#EnglishSpeakers
#AfricanFuturism
#FutureAfrica
#ThrowbackThursday
#postcolonial

RT @Nnedi@twitter.com

When I write barely legibly, it’s me trying to catch an idea before it flies off.

“She was fed up
He just wanted to be left alone. The universe is having none of it

She didn’t know she was fed up until she was killing men.”

Alrighty then. 😆 #africanfuturism
#noornovel

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Nnedi/status/1497265342418063360

@acousticmirror don't forget #AfricanFuturism! ;)

2023 Goal: I should dig into more new SFF writing.
Something I just became aware of is the creation of the African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS)'s Nommo Awards.

https://www.africansfs.com/about-nommos/2022-nommo-award-winners

#AfricanSpeculativeFictionSociety
#ASFS
#NommoAwards
#AfricanFuturism
#AfroFuturism
#BlackSpecFic
#genre
#ScienceFiction
#Fantasy
#TBR
#new
#Bookstodon

#NowReading Un passionnant échange-interview avec Nnedi Okorafor et Ainehi Edoro, sur l'"Africanfuturism", une science-fiction décoloniale, le décentrement de l'humain...

"Africanfuturism' and dreaming of bigger, bolder African futures" : https://www.wpr.org/wakanda-africanfuturism-dreaming-african-futures-black-panther-ttbook
#ScienceFiction #Africanfuturism #BlackPanther #NnediOkorafor

Just learned that my Nebula and Hugo award-winning africanfuturist BINTI TRILOGY is in its 24th printing and has sold over 114,000 copies..and those are only the *paperback* numbers! Wonderful!

Also, the series is finally going to get an Arabic edition! Just signed the contract days ago. 😃

#africanfuturism

I’d include a photo of the book cover, but that seems to be failing whenever I try, sigh.