Getty Images Juli 7, 2021 New Kiswahili science fiction award charts a path for African languages Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Cornell University dan Lizzy Attree, Richmond American International University There is something beautiful about African languages carrying science, fictionalised of course, into imagined futures.
Detail from the cover of Lagoon, a novel by Nnedi Okorafor. © Joey Hi-Fi/Hodder & Stoughton Februari 14, 2021 Aliens in Lagos: sci-fi novel Lagoon offers a bold new future Gibson Ncube, University of Zimbabwe Aliens arrive in Lagos in Nnedi Okorafor’s celebrated sci-fi novel Lagoon – and with them they bring a future free of restrictive gender norms.
Shutterstock November 12, 2020 African science fiction: rereading the classic Nigerian novel The Palm-wine Drinkard Nedine Moonsamy, University of Pretoria Western critics hailed the 1952 book as a great work of African fantasy. In fact it’s better understood as a pioneering work of African science fiction.