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Dilman Dila

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Dilman Dila is a Ugandan writer and film maker.

In 2014, he was longlisted for the BBC Radio Playwriting Competition, and in 2013, he was shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize and long listed for the Short Story Day Africa prize.

He was nominated for the 2008 Million Writers Awards for his short story, Homecoming.

He first appeared in print in The Sunday Vision in 2001. His works have since featured in several literary magazines and anthologies. His most recent works include the sci-fi, Lights on Water, published in The Short Anthology, the novelette, The Terminal Move, and the romance novella, Cranes Crest at Sunset, which are available on Amazon.

His films include the masterpiece, What Happened in Room 13 (2007), ...more

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How To Enjoy A Holiday in Nigeria

Everything they told me about Nigeria turned out to be true. They are loud people. They talk as though they are quarreling, much like Indians and Nepalis. I have a theory that a combination of high temperatures, humidity, and eating too much pepper (piro in South Asia, pepe in Nigeria), gives one a big mouth and a hot temper.

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	The Future God of Love 4.03 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2021 — 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
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Water: New Short Story Fiction from Africa: An Anthology from Short Story Day Africa

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“You’re not a human in a dog’s body,” Granny finally said, still watching the ice as it floated towards the ceiling.
“I am,” Red_Bati said.
“Humans have spirits,” Granny said. “You don’t.”
“I do,” Red_Bati said.
“You can’t,” Granny said.
“Why not? I’m aware of myself.”
― Dilman Dila, Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora

tags: african, black, humanity, identity, personhood, robot

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May/June 2022 Group Read: Africa

Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora by Zelda Knight

5 votes, 35.7%

A Fledgling Abiba by Dilman Dila

3 votes, 21.4%

The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

3 votes, 21.4%

Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

2 votes, 14.3%

Ife-Iyoku, Tale of Imadeyunuagbon by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

1 vote, 7.1%

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