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Tag Archives: science fiction
Family Meeting | by Mazi Nwonwu | African Sci-fi
4: 35 pm, June 1 2089, Abuja, Capital city of the Union of West African States “And that was how I discovered I have a fifteen year old son,” I said, forcing my eyes to rest on the ‘M’ shaped wrinkle line on the forehead of the grey mustached man reclining on the alligator […]
The Magical Science of Fiction: A Review of Lauren Beukes’ Zoo City
Zoo City is not science fiction in the classic sense. There are no flying saucers, sexy body suits, slimy aliens, or sterilized outer space stations. There is witchcraft, 419, drugs, and genetic mutation. Zoo City, written by South Africa’s Lauren Beukes, is certainly among the small cluster of African novels that have tried to stay true to the […]
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