Africa risen : a new era of speculative fiction

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"From award-winning editorial team Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora. A group of cabinet ministers query a supercomputer containing the minds of the country's ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of fragile new life. A descendent of a rain goddess inherit...

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Science fiction, African 21st century

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Science fiction Short stories

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ISBN:

9781250833006
1250833000

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xii, 514 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

Contents:

Introduction / by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight
The Blue House / by Dilman Dila
March Magic / by WC Dunlap
IRL / by Steven Barnes
The Deification of Igodo / by Joshua Uchenna Omenga
Mami Wataworks / by Russell Nichols
Rear Mirror / by Nuzo Onoh
Door Crashers / by Franka Zeph
The Soul Would Have No Rainbow / by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu
A Dream of Electric Mothers / by Wole Talabi
Simbi / by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Housewarming for a Lion Goddess / by Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga
A Knight in Tunisia / by Alex Jennings
The Devil Is Us / by Mirette Bahgat
Cloud Mine / by Timi Odueso
Ruler of the Rear Guard / by Maurice Broaddus
Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition) / by Tlotlo Tsamaase
The Sugar Mill / by Tobias S. Buckell
The Carving of War / by Somto Ihezue Onyedikachi
Ghost Ship / by Tananarive Due
Liquid Twilight / byYtasha Womack
Once Upon a Time in 1967 / by Oyedotun Damilola Muees
A Girl Crawls in a Dark Corner / by Alexis Brooks de Vita
The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library / by Tobi Ogundiran
When the Mami Wata Met a Demon / by Moustapha Mbacké Diop
The Papermakers / by Akua Lezli Hope
A Soul of Small Places / by Mame Bougouma Diene and Woppa Diallo
Air to Shape Lungs / by Shingai Njeri Kagunda
Hanfo Driver / by Ada Nnadi
Exiles of Witchery / by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori
The Taloned Beast / by Chinelo Onwualu
Star Watchers / by Danian Darrell Jerry
Biscuit & Milk / by Dare Segun Falowo

Control Number:

3216510

Other Authors:

Ekpeki, Oghenechovwe Donald, editor
Knight, Zelda, editor
Thomas, Sheree R., editor

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