Jalada 2: AfroFuture(s)

Jalada Anthology #2

by Jalada Africa, Ivor W. Hartmann, Lydia Kasese

"A collaboration that blew us away is the Afrofuture(s) Anthology from writers all over Africa (and its diasporas) . . . . the anthology features a gorgeous cover from Naddya Olunya, futurities from creatives such as our very own Awuor Onyango, everyone's favorite Binyavanga (Binyavanga Wainaina of course) and a host of other big names in the literary community. . . Jalada's Afrofuture issue as an expression of the Pan-African vision of Afrofuturism. Afrofuturistic art has always been about crossing the borders of time and space: it reaches into the distant past as well as the far future, and across the traumatic breach of the Middle Passage. I love that this anthology brings together voices and visions from different parts of Africa and the diaspora — to me, that's the true spirit of Afrofuturism." – Sofia Somatar, Fiction Editor, NRB Magazine.

Contents:
∙ “Last Wave” by Ivor W. Hartmann
∙ “The Science of Nail Polish” by Lydia Kasese
∙ “Jestocost Djinn” by Maria Bukachi
∙ “eNGAGEMENT” by Richard Oduor Oduku
∙ “The Red Bucket, Tango and Nahui Xochitl” By Valorie Thomas
∙ “Found: an Error in the System” by Serubiri Moses
∙ “Discovering Time Travel” By Suleiman Agbonkhianmen Buhari
∙ “Imaginum” by Moses Kilolo
∙ “Salvation Avenue” by Jude Dibia
∙ “Where pumpkin leaves dwell” by Lillian Akampurira Aujo
∙ “Myasthenia Gravis: Liberations” by Awuor Onyango
∙ “A Dark Ghazal, Suite of Blue, and Maybe Things” by Richard Ali
∙ “Color Me Grey” by Swabir Silayi
∙ “I Died With the Earth - A Similitude of the Days of the Destroyer” by Richard Oduor Oduku
∙ “Letters to the President” by Nii Ayikwei Parkes
∙ “The Iguana Boy with Three Testicles” by Victor Ehikhamenor
∙ “The Veiled Secret of the Kama Sutra or the Way a Certain Poet interprets the Surrealist Manifesto at Night” by Umar Abubakar Sidi

Genres: Short Stories, Anthologies, Ebooks

ebook

First published January 1, 2020

Reviews

[Friscomama · Rating 4 out of 5]

The anthology has a wide variety, in spite of the small size. I'll try to explain better when the stories have soaked in my brain.

[Jon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pan-African science fiction. Quite cool. My favorites were "Imaginum" and "The Iguana Boy with Three Testicles." YMMV.