Africa Risen
An anthology of 32 original stories showcasing the breadth of African and African diasporic fantasy and science fiction.
Work Information
A wide-ranging anthology that maps the current reach of African speculative fiction.
The three editors gather a broad range of writers from the African continent and the diaspora to move across myth, futurity, politics, and community. Building on the Dark Matter lineage, it offers a current map of African SF/F.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Tor.Com
- Published
- 2022-11-15
- Pages
- 432 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 21.46 x 4.83 x 21.72 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781250833006
- ISBN-10
- 1250833000
- Price
- 5347 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Science Fiction & Fantasy/Science Fiction/Anthologies
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.
Sheree Renée Thomas is an award-winning fiction writer, poet, and editor. Her work is inspired by myth and folklore, natural science and the genius of the Mississippi Delta. She is a co-editor of Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction (Tordotcom) and Trouble the Waters: Tales of the Deep Blue (Third Man Books). Her fiction collection, Nine Bar Blues: Stories from an Ancient Future was a Finalist for the 2021 Ignyte, Locus, and World Fantasy Awards. She is the editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, associate editor of Obsidian, and also edited the two-time World Fantasy Award-winning groundbreaking anthologies, Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora and Dark Matter: Reading the Bones (Grand Central). She lives in Memphis, Tennessee near a river and a pyramid. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki is an African speculative fiction writer and editor from Nigeria. He won the Nommo Award for best short story by an African in 2019, the 2020 Otherwise Award, and the HWA diversity grant. He has been a finalist for the Nebula, Locus, BSFA, BFA, Sturgeon, This Is Horror, and Nommo awards. He co-edited the Dominion anthology, is guest editor at Interstellar Flight Press, and editor of the first ever Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction anthology. His written works have appeared and are forthcoming in Tor.com, NBC, Strange Horizons , Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores , Galaxy’s Edge and more. Zelda Knight sells books by day at Pride Book Café, and writes sci-fi and fantasy romance at night. She’s also the publisher and editor-in-chief of Aurelia Leo, an independent Nebula Award-nominated press based in Louisville, Kentucky. Zelda co-edited Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora (Aurelia Leo, 2020), which has received critical acclaim, and won the 2021 British Fantasy Award for the same anthology. Keep in touch on social media or visit her website!
Reviews
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I think I saw this pop up somewhere on social media and figured I would give it a bash. Was pleasantly surprised to find so many really great stories. Definitely worth getting if you like sci-fi and are looking for new authors to check out.
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I love to read, and i am also a writer/author, so I read a lot for inspiration, guidance, and to see how other writers write in different genres. I picked up Africa Risen as an Audio Book, mostly because i was just getting into the Audiobook market with my own novel, and wanted to get a sense of how audiobooks should sound, and how the whole Audible app works. I have to say, from the very first short story I was hooked! Each and every story blew me away with their innovative takes on science fiction, fantasy or horror. I enjoyed the mix of African diaspora writers from around the world sharing their stories and their varied writing styles. The first story, 'The Blue House' by Dilman Dila, just blew me away with its creative perspective on android themed storytelling. All of the stories are fantastic in their own way. I found 'The Sugar Mill' by Tobias S Buckell to be deeply compelling, 'A Soul Would Have No Rainbow' by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu is imaginative, and so on... the stories are varied, unique and creative in their telling. These stories have re-invigorated my own writing, given me a new perspective on storytelling and has me starting over on the writing of some of my works in progress. This is truly a must read, and I look forward to seeing more from each of these authors.
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Dip into many, many unique worlds, with strange thoughts governing many peoples seeking justice, connection, peace, to be left alone. People stretching the circle of what is in their control, defying and...winning, even.
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Each story was very different. Some of the stories I had to re-read to get into. Overall very entertaining and refreshing.
Related Literary Awards
- World Fantasy Award Edition 49 (2023) ・Winner・Winner・Winner