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Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight

"From star-washed futures to haunted histories, these visionary voices chart bold new horizons across the Diaspora. Curated with range and wonder, Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction showcases stories that remix myth, grapple with technology, and celebrate the many ways we imagine tomorrow."

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In Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, did you enjoy ...

... the pan-African and diasporic range of voices tackling SF/F from many angles?

So Long Been Dreaming by Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan

If the way Africa Risen gathers a chorus of Black voices—leaping from near‑future tech to folktale reveries—was your hook, you’ll love So Long Been Dreaming. Like the anthology you enjoyed, it curates postcolonial futures and fantastical reimaginings that speak to migration, memory, and reclamation, offering that same thrill of discovering a new perspective with every story.

... folklore-rooted tales remixing spirits, masquerades, and ancestral presences with modern life?

Kabu Kabu by Nnedi Okorafor

If the mythic currents in Africa Risen—where river spirits, trickster echoes, and ancestral bargains brush against the present—stayed with you, Kabu Kabu will feel like a homecoming. Okorafor’s stories slide between airports and spirit-roads, letting deities and city streets collide with the same vibrant, uncanny energy you gravitated toward.

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... short, punchy pieces that jump settings and modes while staying emotionally sharp?

Africanfuturism: An Anthology by Wole Talabi

If you loved how Africa Risen delivers quick, potent bursts of imagination—each story its own world, mood, and revelation—Africanfuturism: An Anthology keeps that momentum. You’ll get tight, memorable slices of speculative vision that pivot from village crossroads to orbital problems with the same satisfying variety and bite.

... speculative reimaginings that confront empire, extraction, and resistance head-on?

Everfair by Nisi Shawl

If the anticolonial pulse running through Africa Risen—stories that reclaim histories and futures from the shadow of conquest—spoke to you, Everfair expands that charge into a sweeping alternate history. Shawl imagines a steampunk‑tinged Congo wrested from Leopold’s grip, tracing revolution, community, and hard-won self‑determination with the same moral fire you appreciated.

... a dreamlike, uncanny vibe where technology feels like magic and names carry power?

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

If you were drawn to Africa Risen when it veered into the surreal—where a child’s blessing can feel like a curse and strange lights hum with otherworldly intent—Remote Control hits that note. Following Sankofa across a future Ghana, it blends eerie wonder and quiet devastation in the same haunting register you enjoyed.

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