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Read #AfricanSFF!🫵🏾 @africansffhype.bsky.social · Mar 30

#AfricanSFF recommendation threads 🪐📚💙🪘🧜🏾‍♀️🌊🚀🌌🛸

Read #AfricanSFF!🫵🏾 @africansffhype.bsky.social · Mar 1

Weekly #africansff reads 🪐📚💙

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Ivor W. Hartmann @ivorhartmann.bsky.social · 6h

New additions. If you missed it or haven't seen it recently.

23/ Call to the Dark @calldarkpod.bsky.social
24/ It Was an Animal Attack @animalattackpod.bsky.social

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Relooted by Nyamakop @nyamakop.co.za · Jun 26

Our game is Africanfuturist:

" #Africanfuturism is specifically and more directly rooted in African culture, history, mythology and point-of-view as it then branches into the Black Diaspora, and it does not privilege or center the West” - Nnedi Okorafor (Africanfuturism Defined 2019)

#indiegame

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Old Man Glas @oldmanglas.bsky.social · Jun 26

Here is a 2020 Los Angeles Review of Books article on these vibrant subgenres.

"Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, and the Language of Black Speculative Literature"
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Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, and the Language of Black Speculative Literature | Los Angeles Review of Books

Hope Wabuke considers the future of Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism.

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Bongane Mahlangu 🔜 Gamescom2025 @bonganivizdev.bsky.social · Jun 27

Honor the Past and Embrace the Future

#africanfuturist #afrofuture #Relooted

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L. Acadia @acadialogue.bsky.social · Jun 28

“'Ocean green of shadow': Coloring the Speculative Urban Landscape in Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon and Beyond" is out and #OpenAccess from Tamkang Review tamkangreview.org/data/10000/u...

#SpeculativeFiction #Africanfuturism #ClimateChange #ColorTheory @nnedi.bsky.social

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Sandile @panicstation26.bsky.social · Jun 29

I don't post often on here, but I have a supernatural horror fiction podcast / audio drama, and I just wrapped up the first volume!

Think Magnus Archives, Hi Nay, and a touch of Welcome to Night Vale, but with Southern African folktales and myths - check it out if that's your vibe 🔥

Call to the Dark @calldarkpod.bsky.social · May 14

Dingane receives a box from his late father, and an unexpected mystery unfolds.

"Call to the Dark" is a supernatural horror fiction podcast, told through short stories and epistolary pieces, and inspired by Southern African folktales and myths.

Premiered 6th April, 6PM SAST.

Title card for the "Call to the Dark" podcast. The title is in white, chalky text against a black background, with small twinkling stars dotting the negative space. A simplistic icon of a lit match to the left of the title. The top and bottom of the image is bordered by tessellated, multi-coloured triangles.

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mythopiaio1.bsky.social @mythopiaio1.bsky.social · Jun 29

🦊🐺🐆 When Jackal, Wolf, and Leopard face the ultimate challenge, wit battles strength in this thrilling African tale!
Who wins when cunning meets power? The answer might surprise you...
🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0OpPeupcU4UvWIlRX7SeRs?si=eby9h2TcTzCiKOl5erkFQQ
#AfricanFolktales #

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Etan Comics | Home of African Superheroes @etancomics.bsky.social · 22h

🔥 FIRE manga exploring Southern African Mythology! #TokolosheHunters

www.kickstarter.com/projects/eta...

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Coker CoOp @cokercoop.bsky.social · 20h

We’re launching a Kickstarter for our Africanfuturist animated film!

In November, you can help bring Crocodile Dance to life.

We’re offering an art book and other fabulous rewards for your support.

Sign Up to Get Notified! #crocodiledance
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Coming soon: Crocodile Dance - An Indie Africanfuturist Animated Film

An animated thriller where a musical storyteller reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family.

www.kickstarter.com

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Read #AfricanSFF!🫵🏾 @africansffhype.bsky.social · 1d

I just backed @etancomics.bsky.social's Tokoloshe Hunters: Gripping Southern African Mythology Manga on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/eta...

Tokoloshe Hunters: Gripping Southern African Mythology Manga

Over 110 pages of wild, action-packed monster fighting manga exploring Southern African mythology! Made by African creators [Hardcover]

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Ivor W. Hartmann @ivorhartmann.bsky.social · 19d

Tlotlo Tsamaase's bookshelves and picks.
@tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social

Shelfies #54: Tlotlo Tsamaase

I’ve been always moving—moving houses, moving oceans, moving states—and books are the most cumbersome and costly to move with.

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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.bsky.social · Aug 22

JFA Presents Yemoja’s Tears: An Anthology of Water, Bodies and Bodies of Water

288 pp. Published March 2025. Mixed anthology. Yemoja’s Tears is a ruminative anthology with pieces pondering our relationship to water. A few of the contributors were already known to me: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki,…

JFA Presents Yemoja’s Tears: An Anthology of Water, Bodies and Bodies of Water

288 pp. Published March 2025. Mixed anthology. Yemoja’s Tears is a ruminative anthology with pieces pondering our relationship to water. A few of the contributors were already known to me: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Mame Bougouma Diene, Alex Jennings, Joyce Chng, Eieen Gunn, Vuyokazi Ngemntu. But this collection has many other gifted authors and some really excellent pieces, including short fiction, scholarly essays, and poetry (as well as the art on the cover by Jenekacy).

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks @hararereview.bsky.social you’re too kind.

‘I loved Mame Bougouma Diene’s excellent, atmospheric Doomed to the Storm:

“Before there was a sea, people drank their own tears.”

It’s about a vampiric child—only he’s thirsty for water, not blood.’

hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/j...

JFA Presents Yemoja’s Tears: An Anthology of Water, Bodies and Bodies of Water

288 pp. Published March 2025. Mixed anthology. Yemoja’s Tears ponders our relationship to water. A few of the contributors were already known to me: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Mame Bougouma Diene,…

hararereview.wordpress.com

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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.bsky.social · 29d

August 2025 reads

Here's almost every book I read in August (not true, but mostly true). Everything was pretty good! But here are links to reviews so far, more to come: Patchwork x Tom Comitta The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella x Eugen Bacon Weepers x Peter Mendelsund The Frequency…

August 2025 reads

Here's almost every book I read in August (not true, but mostly true). Everything was pretty good! But here are links to reviews so far, more to come: Patchwork x Tom Comitta The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella x Eugen Bacon Weepers x Peter Mendelsund The Frequency of Living Things x Nick Fuller Googins Last Night in San Francisco: Tech’s Lost Promise and the Killing of Bob Lee x Scott Alan Lucas

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Lauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com · 29d

Apart from rudely pointing out that Moxyland is almost 20 years old (it's only 17!) this Salotto Giallo review of the new Fanucci edition is gorgeously written, thoughtful and incisive and ALSO points out all the horrible resonances/relevances today. salottogiallo.com/2025/09/01/m...

Moxyland di Lauren Beukes - SALOTTO GIALLO

Moxyland della Beukes è una distopia fantascientifica che parla di libertà, sicurezza e sorveglianza, con una forza sorprendentemente attuale

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Joseph O’Sullivan @mightyjoeyoung.bsky.social · Sep 1

My latest completed read. It’s a novella & the third book in the Forever Desert Trilogy. It was good, but the first two books were so great I was a bit spoiled. They are based on East African folklore & blur the lines between hero & victim. Thanks @bklynlibrary.bsky.social for the loan #booksky #BPL

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Will Swardstrom @wswardstrom.bsky.social · Sep 2

THE NGA'PHANDILEH WHISPERER by @genni.bsky.social is a bold & fascinating sci-fi cosmic horror tale, setting up the Sauútiverse, rooted in African mythology, language, & culture. A review: fanfiaddict.com/review-the-n...
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@starsandsabers.bsky.social
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The Nga'phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are SO thrilled to see that IN THE SHADOW OF THE FALL by @tobiogundiran.com has been nominated for Best Novella at this year's Nommo Awards! 🎉💙

Discover more here: bit.ly/3HDk6z9

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · Sep 3

Zukiswa Wanner is my partner on the African Translation Project; she is the recipient of all the funds in order to translate and publish the books. I am proud to support her work however I can, including by amplifying it on here.

Image of Zukiswa Wanner, Mother Writer and Cultural Activist as part of the Global Movement to Gaza flotilla

From Radio Islam: Writer and activist Zukiswa Wanner will also join the flotilla. She is well-known for returning one of Germany's highest cultural honors, the Goethe Mdeal, in protest of its complicity in Israel's war. "Germany is the 2nd largest supplier of weapons to Israel. It was an easy decision to give the medal back."

Wanner says Africa must bring moral clarity to this moment. "We shouldn't act only because others do, but because it's the humane thing to do. What happens in Palestine connects directly to conflicts in Sudan, Congo, and even South Africa."

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Read #AfricanSFF!🫵🏾 @africansffhype.bsky.social · Sep 3

😪 I may or may not be back. Hope everyone is recovering well from the Hugos 👀🤣

Soila Kenya @soila.bsky.social · Sep 3

a woman is standing in a doorway with her arms outstretched and says `` i 'm baacckkk '' .

Alt: a woman is standing in a doorway with her arms outstretched and says `` i 'm baacckkk '' .

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · Sep 3

THE KING MUST DIE comes out in just two months!

And if you have a B&N Rewards or B&N Premium Membership, you can save 25% on preorders during the next 3 days! (The Rewards membership is free. 😉)

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-king-m...

The King Must Die|Paperback

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Splinter in the Sky comes a pulse-pounding science fiction adventure following the daughter of rebel instigators and the heir of a power-drunk ruler who te...

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 2

are you ready for some big news?

WE ARE OPEN

for BIPOC subs for issue 100!

and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body

💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖

find out more here:

psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...

Fantasy Magazine Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

updated September 2, 2025

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Read #AfricanSFF!🫵🏾 @africansffhype.bsky.social · Sep 3

Omgeeee!!

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Dave Creek @davecreek.bsky.social · Aug 27

Finally, a new issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
Fiction is on the way after a bit of a hiatus!

I didn't have to read very far down on the cover to make my decision to order. Nnedi Okorafor and Maurice Broaddus? I'm there!

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Eugen Bacon @genni.bsky.social · Aug 18

Sharing some Afrocentric futuristic books I've enjoyed. 😍@wtalabi.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social, @miltonmvmedia.bsky.social , @atthisarts.com
shepherd.com/best-books/a...

The best Afrofuturistic books in speculative fiction

Eugen Bacon shares the 5 best books on Afrofuturistic books in speculative fiction. Have you read Songs for the Shadows?

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