Tlotlo Tsamaase’s first novel adds to an exciting and growing body of African science fiction.
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Afrofuturist’s work is rooted in the desire to transform the present for Black people. To do so, they imagine a reality in which Black people are the agents of their own story, countering histories that discount and dismiss them.
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.
Afrofuturism allows Black people to not only imagine their distant futures but also how to survive the anti-Black present.
Speculative writers flesh out our passing thoughts into complete, functioning societies and explore how they might unfold.
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