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Dayo Ntwari

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in Karlsruhe, Germany

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Short Stories

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Dayo Ntwari is a Rwandan-Nigerian speculative fiction writer. His stories of the African fantastic have been published in Lightspeed Magazine's People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction (British Fantasy Society Award for Best Anthology), and The Manchester Review, among other places.

Dayo Ntwari's stories are inspired by African legends and myths. He believes Africa’s diverse histories, religions, spirituality and mythologies can serve as a never-ending treasure trove of inspiration for African speculative fiction.

Dayo loves writing stories of the African fantastic, and is publishing them on Patreon for free: https://www.patreon.com/dayontwari

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	Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73, June 2016: People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! by Nalo Hopkinson (Editor), Kristine Ong Muslim (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dayo Ntwari (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.34 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Water: New Short Story Fiction from Africa: An Anthology from Short Story Day Africa by Nick Mulgrew (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Karina M. Szczurek (Editor), Rachel Zadok (Goodreads Author) (Curator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everyone: Worlds Without Walls by Tony C. Smith (Editor), Samuel R. Delany, Rajan Khanna (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roses For Betty And Other Stories: The Writivism Anthology 2015 by Sumayya Lee (Goodreads Author) (editor), Emmanuel Sigauke (Editor), Dayo Ntwari (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Perhaps he found it strange being accompanied by a Chinese-Nigerian arms trafficking pirate, but the Irish priest had just followed me silently on board the covert government transport.”
― Dayo Ntwari, Roses For Betty And Other Stories: The Writivism Anthology 2015

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