2021 Nommo Awards Nomination Long List

Below are the Long List of nominations in each of the 4 categories for the 2021 Nommo Awards:

Members of the African Speculative Fiction Society nominate works for this long list. A member can nominate up to five works in each category.

  

The long list is alphabetical order by authors’ names. All works are speculative fiction, published between January 1, 2019 – December 31 2020, and are thought to be by Africans as defined by the ASFS and Nommo Awards Guidelines.

The nominees will be asked to confirm their eligibility and eligibility of their works in writing.  Nominees will also be asked to make complete texts or excerpts available to ASFS Members only for purposes of informed voting. 

PLEASE NOTE: The long lists consist of all titles in their respective categories that were nominated by members of the ASFS. Some of these works were nominated once. The ASFS lists them in full to draw attention to all the works members felt worthy of consideration.

Also this year, we listing those works nominated by members that are not eligible but are still noteworthy. For the first time this year we are listing the publishers of the works.

The SHORT LIST of works for the 2021 Nommo Awards will be announced end of May. Voting for the winners of the Awards will start then.

2021 NOVEL LONG LIST

Abi Daré

THE GIRL WITH THE LOUDING VOICE 

Akwaeke Emezi

THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI

Ben Okri 

THE FREEDOM ARTIST 

Cat Hellisen

KING OF THE HOLLOW DARK

Eugen Bacon

CLAIMING T-MO 

Ilze Hugo

THE DOWN DAYS

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

THE FIRST WOMAN

Lauren Beukes

AFTERLAND 

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

THE PERFECT NINE: THE EPIC OF GĨKŨYŨ AND MŨMBI 

Nick Wood

WATER MUST FALL

Nikhil Singh

CLUB DED 

Stephen Embleton

SOUL SEARCHING 

Tade Thompson

THE ROSEWATER REDEMPTION 

Tochi Onyebuchi

REBEL SISTERS 

Yolandie Horak

A TRIAL OF SPARKS & KINDLING 

NOVELS NOMINATED BUT NOT ELIGIBLE

Nerine Dorman

INKARNA – first published in 2012

Nnedi Okorafor

REMOTE CONTROL – first published in 2021

Suyi Davies Okungbowa

SON OF THE STORM – first published in 2021

2021 NOVELLA LONG LIST

Caldon Mull

FERRYMAN

David A. Atta

GUARDIANS: THE AWAKENING 

Dilman Dila

A FLEDGLING ABIBA 

Eugen Bacon

IVORY’S STORY

Moraa Gitaa

THE KIGANGO ORACLE 

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

IFE-IYOKU: THE TALE OF IMADEYUNUAGBON 

Tlotlo Tsamaase

THE SILENCE OF THE WILTING SKIN 

Tochi Onyebuchi

RIOT BABY 

NOVELLAS NOMINATED BUT NOT ELIGIBLE

Kerstin Hall

THE BORDER KEEPER – short listed in 2020

Wole Talabi

INCOMPLETENESS THEORIES – won in 2020

2021 SHORT STORY LONG LIST

Adelehin Ijasan

THE NOT-SO-SECRET LIVES OF NIGERIAN POLITICIANS

Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga

THAT WHICH SMELLS BAD

Alvin L. Kathembe 

THE GAME

Chinelo Onwualu

WHAT THE DEAD MAN SAID

Chinelo Onwualu

A LOVE SONG FOR HERKINAL AS COMPOSED BY ASHKERNAS AMID THE RUINS OF NEW HAVEN

Colin Cloud Dance

SPACE BAKKIE RIDE

Dare Segun Falowo

CONVERGENCE IN CHORUS ARCHITECTURE

Dare Segun Falowo

NGOZI UGEGBE NWA

Derek Lubangakene

FORT KWAME

Derek Lubangakene

THE CULT OF REMINISCENCE

Dilman Dila

RED_BATI

Dilman Dila

YAT MADIT

Eugen Bacon

A VISIT IN WHITECHAPEL

Eugen Bacon

THE ONE WHO SEES

Eugen Bacon

THE ROAD TO WOOP WOOP

Eugen Bacon

STILL SHE VISITS

Innocent Chizaram Ilo

RAT AND FINCH ARE FRIENDS

Lauren Beukes

UNGIRLS 

Mame Bougouma Diene

LEKKI LEKKI

Mame Bougouma Diene

THE SATELLITE CHARMER 

Mandisi Nkomo

DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY?

Marycynthia Okafor

THE CHRONICLE OF ANAOMA

Mazi Nwonwu

RAINMAKER

Moustapha Mbacké Diop

A CURSE AT MIDNIGHT

‘Pemi Aguda 

THINGS BOYS DO

‘Pemi Aguda 

MANIFEST 

Odida Nyabundi 

CLANFALL: DEATH OF KINGS

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

THE MANNEQUIN CHALLENGE

Olamide Olanrewaju

BLUELAND 

Omar William Sow

IBRAHIM AND THE GREEN FISHING NET

Osahon Ize-Iyamu

TO LOOK FORWARD 

Rafeeat Aliyu

WHERE THE RAIN MOTHERS ARE

Rafeeat Aliyu

THE DAEMON KING OF ENGIM

Rafeeat Aliyu

FRUIT OF THE CALABASH

Rivers Solomon

BLOOD IS ANOTHER WORD FOR HUNGER

Sofia Samatar

FAIRY TALES FOR ROBOTS

Somto O. Ihezue

WHERE YOU GO

Tade Thompson 

ORLANDA

Tariro Ndoro

THE CURE

T L Huchu

EGOLI

T L Huchu

CORIALIS

Tiah Marie Beautement

THE BEND OF WATER

Tlotlo Tsamaase

THE THOUGHTBOX

Tlotlo Tsamaase

THE RIVER OF NIGHT 

Tlotlo Tsamaase

BEHIND OUR IRISES

Tobi Ogundiran

DRUMMER BOY IN A WORLD OF WISE MEN

Tobi Ogundiran

GUARDIAN OF THE GODS

Tobi Ogundiran

THE GOATKEEPER’S HARVEST

Shanice Ndlovu

A WATER HEART

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

AND THIS IS HOW TO STAY

Wole Talabi

TENDS TO ZERO

Yvette Lisa Ndlovu

RED CLOTH, WHITE GIRAFFE 

Yvonne Nezianya

THE WONDERS OF THE SPIRITS

SHORT STORIES NOMINATED BUT NOT ELIGIBLE

Angela Makholwa

LAST SHOTcopyrighted 2021 and will be eligible 2022

John Barigye

THE RED EARTHpublished 2021 and will be eligible 2022

Mohale Mashigo

REST IN PARYS – copyrighted 2021 and will be eligible 2022 

2021 GRAPHIC NOVEL LONG LIST

ALEX

Anna Mbale (writer) and Mwiche Songolo (artist) – Black Hut Comics

BLACK SHEEP

Mwiche Songolo (writer & artist) – Black Hut Comics 

MEANWHILE...

Qinto Collab (various writers & artists), MaThoko’s Books, an imprint of GALA Queer Archive

MOONGIRLS

Nana Akosua Hanson (writer) AnimaxFYB Studios (art) – Drama Queens Collective

NEW MEN

Murewa Ayodele (writer) and Dotun Akande (artist) – Action Lab – Danger Zone.

TITAN

Mazuba Chimbeza (writer & artist) – Black Hut Comics.

GRAPHIC NOVELS NOMINATED BUT NOT ELIGIBLE

LAGUARDIA

Nnedi Okorafor (writer) and Tana Ford (artist) –

Berger Books, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics, publication date 2018