The year's best African speculative fiction 2021 / edited by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ekpeki, Oghenechovwe Donald, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction, African--21st century.

Science fiction, African.

Fantasy fiction, African--21st century.

Fantasy fiction, African.

Short stories, African (English)--21st century.

Short stories, African (English).

Genre:

Fantasy fiction

Science fiction

Short stories

Short stories.

Science fiction.

Fantasy fiction.

Physical Description:

347 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Rockville, Maryland : Caezik SF & Fantasy, an imprint of Arc Manor LLC ; [Nigeria] : O.D. Ekpeki Presents, an imprint of Jembefola Press, 2023.

Summary:

"Africa has a long history of stories of a speculative nature, going back centuries. The continent has a rich, vibrant, and extremely diverse culture steeped in stories and myths of the unknown. It is no wonder then, that so many great African authors harken towards speculative fiction. However, they are essentially missing from Western culture, even though many African authors write their stories in English to reach a wider audience. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, one of the very few African authors who has been able to make this cultural breakthrough, recognized this and set upon the almost impossible task of bringing greater awareness of the greatness of Afican Speculative Fiction to the world at large. After not getting much supporte from institutional publishers he decided to do it himself as a labor of love. This is the book he created highlightin some of the greatest stories by African and African descended authors. This is the first time the book has been published in paper form. If you appreciate great science fiction and fantasy and are looking for something different than the run-of-the-mill, this one is for you" -- Provided by publisher.

"The world's first ever "year's best" anthology of African speculative fiction. Edited by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction collects twenty-nine stories by twenty-five writers, which the press describes as "some of the most exciting voices, old and new, from Africa and the diaspora, published in the 2020 year." The anthology includes stories from Somto O. Ihezue, Pemi Aguda, Russell Nichols, Tamara Jerée, Tlotlo Tsamaase, Sheree Renée Thomas, Tobias S. Buckell, Inegbenoise O. Osagie, Tobi Ogundiran, Chinelo Onwualu, Moustapha Mbacké Diop, Marian Denise Moore, Michelle Mellon, C.L. Clark, Eugen Bacon, Craig Laurence Gidney, Makena Onjerika, T.L. Huchu, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Derek Lubangakene, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, WC Dunlap, ZZ Claybourne, and Dilman Dila. As Ekpeki notes, the announcement also includes a list of twenty-one additional notable stories from 2020--an excellent further reading list once you've finished the book. Ekpeki is the author of "The Witching Hour," which won a 2019 Nommo award, and the co-editor of two other forthcoming anthologies: the nonfiction collection Bridging Worlds: Global Conversations on Creating Pan-African Speculative Literature in a Pandemic (with Zelda Knight) and the speculative fiction collection Africa Risen (with Zelda Knight and Sheree Renée Thomas)." -- Amazon.com

Contents:

Where you go / by Somto O. Ihezue

Things boys do / by Pemi Aguda

Giant steps / by Russell Nichols

Future in saltwater / by Tamara Jerée

Thoughtbox / by Tlotlo Tsamaase

Parts that make us monster / by Sheree Renée Thomas

Scar tissue / by Tpbias S. Buckell

Ancestries / by Sheree Renée Thomas

Breath of the Sahara / by Inegbenoise O. Osagie

Many lives of an abiku / by Tobi Ogundiran

Love song for Herkinal as composed by Ashkernans amid the ruins of New Haven / by Chinelo Onwualu

Curse at midnight / by Moustapha Mbacké Diop

Mastery of German / by Marian Denise Moore

Are we ourselves / by Michelle Mellon

When the last of the birds and the bees have gone on / by C.L. Clark

The goatkeeper's harvest / by Tobi Ogundiran

Baba Klep / by Eugen Bacon

Desiccant / by Craig Laurance Gidney

Disassembly / by Makena Onjerika

River of night / by Tloto Tsamaase

Egoli / by T.L. Huchu

Friendship bench / by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu

Fort Kwame / by Derek Lubangakene

We come as gods / by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

And this is how to stay alive / Shingai Njeri Kagunda

Front line / by WC Dunlap

Penultimate / by ZZ Claybourne

Love hangover / by Sheree Renée Thomas

Red_Bati / by Dilman Dila.

ISBN:

9781647100742

1647100747

OCLC:

1370126122

Publisher Number:

99994702379