African Science Fiction and Fantasy

James Bridle, writing for The Guardian, suggested that the future of speculative fiction lies largely outside the Western world, with stories and writers finally being recognized across sub-Saharan Africa. These stories, he says, propose "not the science fiction of your grandfather or the Foundation of your Asimov" but "the dystopian gloom of failed states, the iron rule of corruption, cartels snaking cold fingers into the upper echelons of government, and hi-tech gangs of disillusioned youth." These are just some of the works written by writers native to, diaspora-spread from, or just writing about Africa.