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Augment your reading in African speculative fiction with these 21 stories available online for free. Alternatives to ’21 Today’, these stories are among the best in the genre. <\/p>\n

2011<\/strong> \u2018Virus\u2019<\/a> by Jonathan Dotse (Ghana)
\nPublished first in Jungle Jim<\/em>, this short story is an excerpt is from the novel Dotse has been working on for five years. It features sharp, clear prose; a cyberpunk ethos, and a clifffhanger ending. Dotse has been an influential blogger and futurist since 2010 on www.afrocyberpunk.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n

2014<\/strong> \u2018Hostbods\u2019<\/a> by Tendai Huchu (Zimbabwe\/UK)
\nThis list will feature a number of stories from the webzine Omenana<\/em>. Here is a story from Issue One. This resembles the movie Get Out<\/em> \u2013 only the science of taking over a body is better worked out (not difficult) \u2013 and it came first. The focus is more on privilege and less on race (though it appears to be set in the USA with an imported African male as the body to be taken over). The twist ending is cleverer than the movie and leaves us with hope. Mr. Huchu was listed by Africa.com<\/a> as one of Africa\u2019s ten most influential writers. His speculative fiction includes \u2018For Sale\u2019 in the first volume of AfroSF<\/em>, and in Interzone<\/em> 257, 2015, a lovely fantasy story about writing, \u2018The Worshipful Company of Milliners\u2019. His story \u2018The Marriage Plot\u2019 is shortlisted for the Nommo Awards. Contents of the first issue of Omenana<\/em> also included a story from Wole Talabi. Read a short interview<\/a> with Tendai in 100 African writers.<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong> \u2018The Monkey House\u2019<\/a> by Tade Thompson (Nigeria\/UK)
\nOne of Thompson\u2019s earliest written stories, based on his own experiences working long hours in a London hospital. The story is set in a Kafka-esque business in Lagos. The hero delivers or shreds documents that are all in a language he doesn\u2019t know. Monkey-like faces stare at a worker from ventilations shafts. Are they a threat? Or just a reflection of him? Like so much of Thompson\u2019s work, this is a different story every time you read it. Editor Chinelo Onwualu picked this as one of her favourites. From Omenana issue 2. Read an interview<\/a> with Tade Thompson in 100 African Writers.<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong> ‘Story Story’<\/a> by Chikodili Emelumadu (Nigeria\/UK)
\nAlso from Omenana<\/em>, issue 2, also picked by Chinelo Onwualu. Set in the modern day but written in an English heavily influenced by Igbo and by folk stories, this is about a woman making it in modern Nigeria. To unbridled joy among her readers, Chikodili was short listed for the Caine Prize this year for \u2018Bush Baby\u2019, a horror story in the anthology African Monsters<\/em> edited by Margret Helgad\u00f3ttir and Jo Thomas. Read an interview<\/a> with Chikodili in 100 African Writers.<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong> \u2018Montague\u2019s Last\u2019<\/a> by Ekari Mbvundula (Malawi)
\nThis alternative history of technology was first published in Omenana<\/em>, issue 3. Strange Horizons<\/em> magazine asked Chinelo Onwualu which story from Omenana<\/em> should be reprinted in their widely read Western magazine. The editor chose this one, making it one of the first stories in the current wave of African SFF to be published in Western media. Read an interview<\/a> with Ekari in 100 African Writers.<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong> Ta O\u2019Reva<\/em><\/a> by Muthi Nhlema (Malawi)
\nThe engineer\/actor turned author may have been learning how to write as he wrote this, and the number of ideas may have slightly overwhelmed him, but this novella is still a gigantic achievement for a literature emerging almost unaided out of its own workshops and talent. Includes a race war in South Africa, Mandela clones being a commodity in the future, a version of Mandela coming back in time, and most bewildering the time traveller merging with time itself so Time becomes a conscious entity. This is an alternative history in which Nelson Mandela leaves the running of South Africa to someone else \u2013 and has a happy if forgotten life with Winnie. Nominated for a Nommo Award for best novella.<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong> \u2018Where Pumpkin Leaves Dwell\u2019<\/a> by Lilian Aujo (Uganda)
\nThis story won the Jalada Prize, and didn\u2019t it deserve it? Alongside Innocent Immaculate Acan, Frances Mwonge, and others, Lilian Aujo is one of a young generation of self-activating women writers from Uganda, who may have benefited from the empowerment offered by Femrite.<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong> \u2018A Brief History of Non-Duality Studies\u2019<\/a> by Sofia Samatar (Somalia\/USA)
\nSofia Samatar took an active role in working with the collective on the Afrofuture(s) anthology. This erudite story is a good example of her style. An interview about her award winning novel A Stranger in Olondria<\/em> is available from 100 African Writers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong> \u2018A Short History of Migration in Five Fragments of You\u2019<\/a> by Wole Talabi (Nigeria\/Malaysia)
\nFrom issue 3 of Omenana<\/em>, a review of the history of the travels of black people through history, out to the stars.<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong> \u2018The Cylinder\u2019<\/a> by Nneoma Ike-Njoku (Nigeria)
\nI\u2019m not sure the futurist elements are entirely necessary but this is a supple, strong-limbed story about everyday life in future times. Beautiful and concise, it comes in at under 1000 words. Published in Omenana<\/em> issue X. Ike-Njoku has also published with Brittle Paper<\/em>, Transition Magazine<\/em>, The Kalahari Review<\/em>, Ya Afriika<\/em>, Interfictions: A Journal of Interstitial Arts<\/em>, and Afrikana.ng<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong> \u2018Love and Prejudice\u2019<\/a> by Amatesiro Dore (Nigeria)
\nAmatesiro is as well known for his mainstream fiction in venues like Brittle Paper, as he is for speculative fiction. Many young writers whatever their personal history are ardent progressives. Despite the conservative politics of some African countries, there are any number of collections of queer African fiction or poetry. This story, also from Omenana<\/em> issue X, stands for that strain of bold writing, which includes Tuntufye Simwimba\u2019s \u2018Tiny Dots\u2019 from Imagine Africa 500<\/em> (2015), Diriye Osman\u2019s collection Fairytales for Lost Children<\/em> and Dilman Dila\u2019s \u2018Two Weddings for Amoit\u2019 (2016), long listed for the Gerald Kraak Award. Jim Chuchu has directed SFF short films but is best known for his beautifully photographed (by Abstract Omega) The Stories of Our Lives<\/em>, an arthouse feature film telling intertwined stories of gay lives in Kenya. The crew went into hiding when it was released, and the producer went to jail. You can view the trailer here<\/a>. You can read an interview with Tuntufye Simwimba here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong> ‘What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky’<\/a> by Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria\/USA)
\nThis beautifully written piece of philosophical fiction is about an infinite equation that maps out the universe and appears to give people powers to fly or to heal. It was nominated for the 2016 Caine Prize and is still available online from the Caine Prize website, but may not be for long following the publication of Arimah\u2019s collection of short stories. The same author was shortlisted again for the Caine in 2017 for a disturbing horror story about a baby woven from hair, \u2018Who will Greet You at Home\u2019, still available from The New Yorker<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong> \u2018The Lifebloom Gift\u2019<\/a> by Abdul Adan (Somalia\/Kenya)
\nAnother speculative story nominated for the 2016 Caine Prize is about a man Ted Lifebloom who has a unique gift, a different way of thinking. You can share it if you find another person with the Lifebloom Gift \u2013 and press on a mole at the back of their knee for 30 seconds. Widely read as a kind of sprung metaphor for neurological difference.<\/p>\n

2016<\/strong> Language issue by Ng\u0169g\u0129 wa Thiong’o (Kenya)
\n\u2018The Upright Revolution: or Why Humans Walk Upright\u2019<\/a> or
\nItu\u0129ka R\u0129a M\u0169r\u0169ngar\u0169: Kana K\u0129r\u0129a G\u0129t\u0169maga And\u0169 Mathi\u0129 Mar\u0169ngi\u0129<\/a>.
\nAfrica\u2019s greatest living author? It\u2019s either him or Wole Soyinka. Soyinka is a great advocate for traditional religions. Wa Thiong\u2019o is the great advocate of writing in local languages first and translating into English \u2013 on the grounds of clearing your mind, saving your culture, and of producing better prose. This piece of traditional belief speculation was chosen for the Jalada Translation Issue 01. It was first written in Gikuyu, translated into English by the author and then into 23 local African languages (that has now risen to some 50 languages worldwide). Visit the author\u2019s own website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2016<\/strong> \u2018Tribulations of Seducing a Night Runner\u2019<\/a> by Richard Oduor Oduku (Kenya) or \u2018Masira Mar Sero Jajuok\u2019<\/a>
\nWritten first in Duluo, then translated by the author very literally, preserving repetitions and idioms. The result is a story written in particularly vibrant English \u2013 read aloud, it could strip paint. Does the narrator fall for a water spirit or not? <\/p>\n

2016<\/strong> \u2018Sundown\u2019<\/a> by Innocent Immaculate Acan (Uganda)
\nA magnificently imagined end-of-the-world story from this young Ugandan author. Published in the mainstream, online webzine Munyori<\/em>, Nominated by the members of the African Speculative Fiction Society for the Nommo Award for Best Short Story.<\/p>\n

2016<\/strong> \u2018Wednesday\u2019s Story\u2019<\/a> by Wole Talabi (Nigeria\/Malaysia)
\nProvided online by Lightspeed<\/em> Magazine, this experimental piece of traditional belief speculation in which the days of the week are made into entities who are \u2018made of stories\u2019. Wednesday tells us its version of the story of Solomon Grundy. Shortlisted for the 2017 Nommo Awards.<\/p>\n

2016<\/strong> \u2018Ndakusuwa\u2019<\/a> by Blaize Kaye (South Africa)
\nSuccinct and heartfelt, this story about the human cost of interstellar travel was shortlisted for the Nommo Awards 2017.<\/p>\n

2016<\/strong> \u2018The Facility\u2019<\/a> by Ayodele Arigbabu (Nigeria)
\nIn some ways a good companion story to Wole Talabi\u2019s \u2018The Regression Test\u2019. A story about the singularity with at least two twists. This is science fiction without a trace of action adventure or wish fulfilment. The story was commissioned by the futurology NGO Nesta for its online publication, TheLong+TheShort. And it sees the futurology strain of African SFF come full circle. <\/p>\n

2016<\/strong> \u2018Phoenix\u2019<\/a> by Ayodele Olufintuade (Nigeria)
\nIn the first issue of Luminous Worlds<\/em>. Ayodele was the first African author I\u2019d met who identified herself as being a science-fiction author full stop as a profession. <\/p>\n

2106<\/strong> \u2018Virtual Snapshots\u2019<\/a> by Tlotlo Tsamaase
\nI wouldn\u2019t have known about this unusual story if someone hadn\u2019t long-listed it for the Nommos. Written in a kind of futuristic English mixed with local idiom, it reminds me a bit of \u2018The Machine Stops\u2019 by E M Forster. In a future climate-damaged world, venturing outside machine maintenance and VR carries severe risks. Motherboard is fact\/fiction website related to Vice.com, so I reckon that makes it a Canadian publication. Tloto describes herself as ethnic Motswana. In 2014 while an architecture student at the University of Botwsana, she won the Black Crake Award for her novel The Skies Fall<\/em>. Some of her poetry has been published in Strange Horizons<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the Borderline<\/h4>\n

People are less wedded to genre in Africa, so any collection of stories from a workshop or good online journal may well publish some speculative fiction. Here are some of the best online African webzines or literary blogs, or platforms in which African writers seem to take part.<\/p>\n

Afreada<\/a>
\nBrittle Paper<\/a>
\nEXPOUND<\/a>
\nJalada<\/a>
\nThe Kalahari Review<\/a>
\nMedium<\/a>
\nMunyori Literary Journal<\/a>
\nThe Naked Convos, Fiction Section<\/a>
\nSaraba<\/a> <\/p>\n

Some key international magazines<\/h5>\n

Fiyah Magazine of Black Science Fiction<\/a>
\nTransition Magazine<\/a>
\nWasafiri<\/a><\/p>\n

Writivism<\/h5>\n

The Writivism Festival is organised by the Centre for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) and is based in Uganda. The festival theme for August 2017 is Reinventing the Future<\/em>. Writivism<\/a> also administers Short Story and Non-Fiction Prizes.<\/p>\n

Organizations and groups<\/h5>\n

African Speculative Fiction Society<\/a>
\nAfrican Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading Group \u2013 on Facebook<\/a>
\nAfrican American Science Fiction<\/a>
\nBlack Science Fiction Society<\/a><\/p>\n

Such lists as these are invariably incomplete and partial. I look forward to adding to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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