New Resources added hereA new list of websites and journals that have published speculative fiction by Africans has been added to our Resources page. Soon to come--a sample manuscript format for your final drafts being submitted and a new comics titles database. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan on Booker shortlistCandadian-Ghanaian Esi Edugyan's novel of history and speculation has been shortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker Prize. The Man Booker is generally regarded as the UK's top literary award. This is Esi Edugyan's second appearance on the Booker shortlist for her novel Half Blood Blues, set in the 1920s in which a biracial German boy meets touring jazz musicians. Her new work is set in an alternative history of flying machines and adventure. Interesting how some of the Western news reports avoid all mention of the speculative elements of the novel. Fortunately, Africa literary life is not so sectarian. Mame Bougouma Diene's new anthologyThe man heading up the ASFS's French-language outreach has a new collection of short stories just published August 28 a new collection of short stories Dark Moons Rising on a Starless Night. Available now from Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Moons-Rising-Starless-Night/dp/1944866140 AfroSF third volume announces Table of Contents.AfroSF the first volume showed the world that Africans not only DID write SFF but MANY Africans were--it was a movement. AfroSFV2 published in 2016 contributed most of the nominees for the Nommo Award for best novella in 2017. Series Editor Ivor Hartmann has announced the contents for AfroSFV3 due out in November 2018 and it's an impressive list of names that will be well known to fans of African fiction -- many if not most of the ASFS members. Check out the AfroSF Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/AfroSF/photos/a.442249019146536/1968056616565761/?type=3&theater T. L. Huchu 'Njuzu' |
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