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A review by nwhyte
AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers by Liam Kruger, Tendai Huchu, Ashley Jacobs, Tade Thompson, Uko Bendi Udo, Dave-Brendon de Burgh, Chinelo Onwualu, Rafeeat Aliyu, Nick Wood, Martin Stokes, Joan De La Haye, Mazi Nwonwu, Sarah Lotz, Clifton Gachagua, Sally Partridge, Cristy Zinn, Efe Tokunbo Okogu, Biram Mboob, Mandisi Nkomo, Sally-Ann Murray, Mia Arderne, Nnedi Okorafor, Ivor W. Hartmann
4.0
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2761996.html
Lots of good stories here, some by writers who I had heard of, many that I hadn't. One or two fell slightly flat, sticking too close to standard sf tropes without bringing much extra to them. But most of them were very good - there is an early pairing of "Home Affairs" by Sarah Lotz and "The Sale" by Tendai Huchu which both look at bureaucracy; "Azania", by Nick Woods, looks at colonisation both in the sfnal and geopolitical senses; "Brandy City", by Mia Arderne, looks at virtual reality and addiction; and the closing novella, "Proposition 23" by Efe Okogu, has a world where citizenship and the right to live are being eroded by technology. I find it immensely reassuring of the future of sf that it speaks as a genre to many writers from the oldest of the continents, and I hope that European and American fandom can start to draw more from this well of talent.
Lots of good stories here, some by writers who I had heard of, many that I hadn't. One or two fell slightly flat, sticking too close to standard sf tropes without bringing much extra to them. But most of them were very good - there is an early pairing of "Home Affairs" by Sarah Lotz and "The Sale" by Tendai Huchu which both look at bureaucracy; "Azania", by Nick Woods, looks at colonisation both in the sfnal and geopolitical senses; "Brandy City", by Mia Arderne, looks at virtual reality and addiction; and the closing novella, "Proposition 23" by Efe Okogu, has a world where citizenship and the right to live are being eroded by technology. I find it immensely reassuring of the future of sf that it speaks as a genre to many writers from the oldest of the continents, and I hope that European and American fandom can start to draw more from this well of talent.