AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers

AfroSF #1

by Ivor W. Hartmann (Editor), Nnedi Okorafor (Contributor), Sarah Lotz (Contributor)

AfroSF is the first ever anthology of Science Fiction by African writers only that was open to submissions of original (previously unpublished) works across Africa and abroad.

'Proposition 23' by Efe Okogu nominated for the 2013 BSFA awards.


TOC:
'Moom!' Nnedi Okorafor
'Home Affairs' Sarah Lotz
'The Sale' Tendai Huchu
'Five Sets of Hands' Cristy Zinn
'New Mzansi' Ashley Jacobs
'Azania' Nick Wood
'Notes from Gethsemane' Tade Thompson
'Planet X' S.A. Partridge
'The Gift of Touch' Chinelo Onwualu
'The Foreigner' Uko Bendi Udo
'Angel Song' Dave de Burgh
'The Rare Earth' Biram Mboob
'Terms & Conditions Apply' Sally-Ann Murray
'Heresy' Mandisi Nkomo
'Closing Time' Liam Kruger
'Masquerade Stories' Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu
'The Trial' Joan De La Haye
'Brandy City' Mia Arderne
'Ofe!' Rafeeat Aliyu
'Claws and Savages' Martin Stokes
'To Gaze at the Sun' Clifton Gachagua
'Proposition 23' (Novelette) Efe Okogu

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, Africa, Anthologies, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy

ebook

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

Ivor W. Hartmann is a Zimbabwean publisher, editor, writer, and visual artist. He runs the StoryTime micro-press, publisher of the African Roar and AfroSF series of anthologies, and the ZamaShort imprint. A founding member of the African Speculative Fiction Society, and on the advisory board of Writers International Network Zimbabwe.

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AfroSFv3 (anthology) (StoryTime, Ed. & Publisher, December 2018)

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AfroSFv2 (anthology) (StoryTime, Ed. & Publisher, Dec, 2015)

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