Africa risen :

Title :

Africa risen : a new era of speculative fiction / edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight.

Title:

Africa risen :

Format:

Books

Physical Description:

xi, 514 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

ISBN:

9781250833006

Production / Publication Information:

New York : Tom Doherty Associates, 2022.

Contents:

Introduction / The Blue House / March Magic by WC Dunlap -- IRL / The Deification of Igodo / Mami Wataworks / Rear Mirror / Door Crashers / The Soul Would Have No Rainbow / A Dream of Electric Mothers / Simbi / Housewarming for a Lion Goddess / A Knight in Tunisia / The Devil Is Us / Cloud Mine / Ruler of the Rear Guard / Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition) / The Sugar Mill / The Carving of War / Ghost Ship / Liquid Twilight by / Once Upon a Time in 1967 / A Girl Crawls in a Dark Corner / The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library / When the Mami Wata Met a Demon / The Papermakers / A Soul of Small Places / Air to Shape Lungs / Hanfo Driver / Exiles of Witchery / The Taloned Beast / Star Watchers / Biscuit & Milk

Summary:

"From award-winning editorial team Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora. A group of cabinet ministers query a supercomputer containing the minds of the country's ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of fragile new life. A descendent of a rain goddess inherits her grandmother's ability to change her appearance-and perhaps the world. Created in the legacy of the seminal, award-winning anthology series Dark Matter, Africa Risen celebrates the vibrancy, diversity, and reach of African and Afro-Diasporic SFF and reaffirms that Africa is not rising-it's already here"--

Language:

English

Added Author:

Thomas, Sheree R.

Ekpeki, Oghenechovwe Donald

Genre:

Subject Term:

Science fiction, African -- 21st century.

Fantasy fiction, African -- 21st century.

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

FICTION / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies.

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Material Type	Library	Call Number	Item Barcode	Location
Book	Searching... Andover - Memorial Hall Library	SF AFRICA	31330009263090	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Billerica Public Library	SCIENCE FICTION/AFRICA	33934004588845	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Chelmsford Public Library	SCI/FIC/AFRICA	31480011614903	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Hamilton-Wenham Public Library	SF AFRICA	30470002056116	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Haverhill Public Library	SCIFI/AFRICA/STORIES	31479007580680	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Ipswich Public Library	FIC AFRICA	32122002986556	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Littleton - Reuben Hoar Library	SF AFRICA	39965002424579	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Lowell - Pollard Memorial Library	SCI FIC AFRICA	31481005651190	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library	SF AFR	32124002111458	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Methuen - Nevins Memorial Library	SF THO	31548003400810	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Newburyport Public Library	FIC AFRICA	32128004126927	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Rockport Public Library	SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY AFRICAN	32129002545779	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Tewksbury Public Library	SC AFRICA	32132003354837	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Topsfield Town Library	FIC AFRICA	32133002666734	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Westford - J.V. Fletcher Library	F AFRICA (SF)	31990005153098	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Wilmington Memorial Library	SHORT STORIES/ESSAYS THOMAS	32136003658717	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Winner of the 2023 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology
Winner of the 2023 Locus Award for Best Anthology

A 2023 NAACP Image Award Nominee
A 2023 British Fantasy Award Nominee

A NPR Best of the Year pick
A Book Riot Best SFF of the Year pick

"[A] magnificent and wide-ranging anthology . . . A must-read for all genre fans."-- Publishers Weekly , starred review

From award-winning editorial team Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora.

A group of cabinet ministers query a supercomputer containing the minds of the country's ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of fragile new life. A descendent of a rain goddess inherits her grandmother's ability to change her appearance--and perhaps the world.

Created in the legacy of the seminal, award-winning anthology series Dark Matter , Africa Risen celebrates the vibrancy, diversity, and reach of African and Afro-Diasporic SFF and reaffirms that Africa is not rising--it's already here.

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Thomas, Ekpeki, and Knight assemble a stellar lineup of 32 writers from across the African diaspora for this magnificent and wide-ranging anthology of speculative shorts. Some stories center on technology, including "IRL" by Steven Barnes, in which the protagonist must contend with the ever-thinning line between virtuality and reality. Others focus on history and politics: Sandra Jackson-Opoku's "Simbi" puzzles through the legacies of slavery and exploitation of labor, while in Wole Talabi's "A Dream of Electric Mothers," a woman consults a supercomputer containing the memories of her countryfolk to determine whether to go to war. Akua Lezli Hope's "The Papermakers," meanwhile, takes the anthology in a breezy and slightly surreal direction with the story of an interracial relationship in a papermaking guild. If none of the stories stand out, it's because each is as masterful as the next. This weighty sampler is best read slowly to give each writer their due before moving on to the next. It's an impressive survey of contemporary Black SFF that should be a must-read for all genre fans. (Nov.)

Booklist Review

In these 32 original short stories, dragons, werefoxes, and flesh eaters lurk; drought and pollution threaten life on earth; the past and future twist and meld. The acclaimed team of editors has gathered a collection of sf, fantasy, and speculative fiction from Africa and the African diaspora that spans across genre and form, shifting from complicated webs of narrative like "Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition)," by Tlotlo Tsamaase, to generational tales of magic like "The Soul Would Have No Rainbow," by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, to sf, cinematic wonders like "A Dream of Electric Mothers," by Wole Talabi. An android sees a blue house on the horizon that links her to file organic.sys; a government agency attempts to repurpose a doorway taken from a pharaoh's resting place to enhance their time-travel capabilities; a lion goddess wonders if she will ever be able to trust again. Particular standouts include the terrifying librarians of Tobi Ogundiran's "The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library," the stories of triumph over violence, including Chinelo Onwualu's "The Taloned Beast," and the space-travel epic that is Dare Segun Falowo's "Biscuit & Milk." These stories enchant, surprise, and provoke and are a significant addition to the canon of modern speculative fiction.

Library Journal Review

Locus and World Fantasy finalist Thomas, Nommo Award--winning speculative author Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight, a USA Today best-selling author and British Fantasy Award--winning editor, join forces to present 32 original stories highlighting the power of fantasy and SF from Africa and the African diaspora. With a 50,000-copy first printing.