From angry spirits and parallel universes to alien abductions and epic folklore, African writers are offering fresh new horizons for the world’s science fiction landscape.
- Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
Tlotlo Tsamaase’s first novel adds to an exciting and growing body of African science fiction.
Western critics hailed the 1952 book as a great work of African fantasy. In fact it’s better understood as a pioneering work of African science fiction.
Even in a world where 99% of the male population is dead, patriarchy is still a very comfortable pair of shoes and very easy to slip into.
African academics draw up a reading list that speaks to the vibrancy of contemporary as well as older African literature.
Science fiction writing often serves as a thought experiment that explores shared and hidden beliefs whose material and political reverberations lie further in the future.
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