African Based Speculative Fiction

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Tales of the Orishas by Hugo Canuto

Tales of the Orishas is a fantasy-adventure graphic novel that explores Afro-Brazilian legends and mythology.

In ancient times, when heaven and Earth were united as two halves of a gourd, deities and heroes walked among men. They fought battles with fury and taught the ways of the ashe (the energy of creation), land, iron, and fire. They reigned and loved with great intensity. Some descended from the luminous Orun, to live their lives and fulfill their destinies, while others were born in the aiye, and through their great deeds became Orishas, changing forever the history of two continents.

Tales of the Orishas fuses the pantheon of the African diasporic religion of Candomblé with the Silver Age comic aesthetics of Jack Kirby into a riveting tale of high adventure. The story centers around a celestial battle between the gods of Brazil, who are worshipped by the Bahia people, and a fearsome conquering force led by a dark and malevolent overlord. Only Shango, the god of fire and thunder, can lead his people into victory while the fate of creation hangs in the balance.

Masterfully executed and painstakingly researched, writer and artist Hugo Canuto brings these legends to life with incredible designs and a vibrant color palette. Tales of the Orishas is a bright and brilliant story that showcases mythology as a powerful tool to remind us that there is something greater to unite the peoples who sail on the blue star called Earth.


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War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi (War Girls #1)

The year is 2172. Climate change and nuclear disasters have rendered much of earth unlivable. Only the lucky ones have escaped to space colonies in the sky.

In a war-torn Nigeria, battles are fought using flying, deadly mechs and soldiers are outfitted with bionic limbs and artificial organs meant to protect them from the harsh, radiation-heavy climate. Across the nation, as the years-long civil war wages on, survival becomes the only way of life.

Two sisters, Onyii and Ify, dream of more. Their lives have been marked by violence and political unrest. Still, they dream of peace, of hope, of a future together.

And they're willing to fight an entire war to get there.

Rebel Sisters by Tochi Onyebuchi (War Girls #2)

It’s been five years since the Biafran War ended. Ify is now nineteen and living where she’s always dreamed–the Space Colonies. She is a respected, high-ranking medical officer and has dedicated her life to helping refugees like herself rebuild in the Colonies.

Back in the still devastated Nigeria, Uzo, a young synth, is helping an aid worker, Xifeng, recover images and details of the war held in the technology of destroyed androids. Uzo, Xifeng, and the rest of their team are working to preserve memories of the many lives lost, despite the government’s best efforts to eradicate any signs that the war ever happened.

Though they are working toward common goals of helping those who suffered, Ify and Uzo are worlds apart. But when a mysterious virus breaks out among the children in the Space Colonies, their paths collide. Ify makes it her mission to figure out what’s causing the deadly disease. And doing so means going back to the corrupt homeland she thought she’d left behind forever.


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Along these lines

"You pum pum fat unah!"

Besides the Jamaican stereotypes (I am one and let's be honest, Jamaicans aren't known for being politically correct), the premise of the show is interesting.

I can picture an anime about/based on Jamaican history and culture made in Japan... The attempts of Japanese voice actors trying to speak Jamaican Patois/Patwah would be fukking hilarious.

 

[WIA20XX]

"You pum pum fat unah!"

Besides the Jamaican stereotypes (I am one and let's be honest, Jamaicans aren't known for being politically correct), the premise of the show is interesting.

I can picture an anime about/based on Jamaican history and culture made in Japan... The attempts of Japanese voice actors trying to speak Jamaican Patois/Patwah would be fukking hilarious.

I'm officially too stush to find that last part funny....

 

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The Sauútiverse

World Summary/Overview
The Sauútiverse is the first in an exciting new Shared World series that is guaranteed to both entertain readers and introduce them to a new world of science fiction and fantasy by talented African writers. Featuring stories that are set in Sauúti – an Africa-inspired science-fantasy secondary world created by Africans, for the world, Sauúti is like Black Panther meets Wild Cards with all the rich spacefaring worldbuilding of Dune.

The Sauútiverse Shared World contains short stories and novellas set in this fictional civilization based on a blend of African cultural worldviews. The name Sauúti is taken from the word “Sauti” which means “voice” in Swahili. Sauúti, a five-planet system orbiting a binary star, is rooted deeply in a variety of African mythology, language, and culture.

Sauúti weaves in an intricate magic system based on the sounds of oral traditions and music, and includes science-fiction elements of artificial intelligence and space flight, including both humanoid and non-humanoid creatures.

Sauúti is filled with wonder, mystery, and magic.

Creators
Adelehin Ijasan
Eugen Bacon
Kalejaye Akintoba
Stephen Embleton
Xan van Rooyen
Cheryl Ntumy
Wole Talabi
Dare Segun Falowo
Ikechukwu Nwaogu
Jude Umeh




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Abeni's Song (Abeni’s Song #1) by P. Djèlí Clark

IN DARKNESS, A SONG CAN LEAD THE WAY. BEWARE WHICH ONE YOU LISTEN TO.

Abeni's Song by award-winning author P. Djèlí Clark is the enchanting beginning of an epic West African and African Diaspora-inspired fantasy adventure for middle-grade readers about a reluctant apprentice to magic and the stolen villagers she sets out to save.

“Lush and magical.” —KWAME MBALIA • “Astonishing.” —MARK OSHIRO • "Abeni's story will sweep you away." —AMANDA FOODY

On the day of the Harvest Festival, the old woman who lives in the forest appears in Abeni's village with a terrible message:

You ignored my warnings. It’s too late to run. They are coming.

Warriors with burning blades storm the village. A man with a cursed flute plays an impossibly alluring song. And everyone Abeni has ever known and loved is captured and marched toward far-off ghost ships set for even more distant lands.

But not Abeni.

Abeni is magically whisked away by the old woman. In the forest, Abeni begins her unwanted magical apprenticeship, her journey to escape the witch, and her impossible mission to bring her people home.

Abeni’s Song is the beginning of a timeless, enchanting fantasy adventure about a reluctant apprentice, a team of spirit kids, and the village they set out to save.


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Along these lines

having a britsh overlord as the antagonist is kinda of interesting and could make a good villain based on history.

I died at that magic machete tho

 

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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin #1)

For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts Malik’s younger sister, Nadia, as payment into the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal—kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia’s freedom.

But Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. Her mother, the Sultana, has been assassinated; her court threatens mutiny; and Solstasia looms like a knife over her neck. Grief-stricken, Karina decides to resurrect her mother through ancient magic . . . requiring the beating heart of a king. And she knows just how to obtain one: by offering her hand in marriage to the victor of the Solstasia competition.

When Malik rigs his way into the contest, they are set on a course to destroy each other. But as attraction flares between them and ancient evils stir, will they be able to see their tasks to the death?

The first in a fantasy duology inspired by West and North African folklore in which a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee find themselves on a collision course to murder each other despite their growing attraction.

A Psalm of Storms and Silence (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin #2) by Roseanne A. Brown

Karina lost everything after a violent coup left her without her kingdom or her throne. Now the most wanted person in Sonande, her only hope of reclaiming what is rightfully hers lies in a divine power hidden in the long-lost city of her ancestors.

Meanwhile, the resurrection of Karina’s sister has spiraled the world into chaos, with disaster after disaster threatening the hard-won peace Malik has found as Farid’s apprentice. When they discover that Karina herself is the key to restoring balance, Malik must use his magic to lure her back to their side. But how do you regain the trust of someone you once tried to kill?

As the fabric holding Sonande together begins to tear, Malik and Karina once again find themselves torn between their duties and their desires. And when the fate of everything hangs on a single, horrifying choice, they each must decide what they value most—a power that could transform the world, or a love that could transform their lives.


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Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles #1) by L. Penelope

A Time Magazine Best Fantasy Book of 2018

L. Penelope's Song of Blood & Stone is a treacherous, thrilling, epic fantasy about an outcast drawn into a war between two powerful rulers.

The kingdoms of Elsira and Lagrimar have been separated for centuries by the Mantle, a magical veil that has enforced a tremulous peace between the two lands. But now, the Mantle is cracking and the True Father, ruler of Lagrimar and the most powerful Earthsinger in the world, finally sees a way into Elsira to seize power.

All Jasminda ever wanted was to live quietly on her farm, away from the prying eyes of those in the nearby town. Branded an outcast by the color of her skin and her gift of Earthsong, she’s been shunned all her life and has learned to steer clear from the townsfolk…until a group of Lagrimari soldiers wander into her valley with an Elsiran spy, believing they are still in Lagrimar.

Through Jack, the spy, Jasminda learns that the Mantle is weakening, allowing people to slip through without notice. And even more troubling: Lagrimar is mobilizing, and if no one finds a way to restore the Mantle, it might be too late for Elsira. Their only hope lies in uncovering the secrets of the Queen Who Sleeps and Jasminda’s Earthsong is the key to unravel them.

Thrust into a hostile society and a world she doesn’t know, Jasminda and Jack race to unveil an ancient mystery that might offer salvation.


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Long Distance: Pan-African Comic Anthology

Long Distance is a collection of ten remarkable stories made by talented African creators from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and beyond, including...
- Cover by Sanford Greene, visionary artist behind Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Black Panther, and co-creator of Book Bitter Root.
- Story by Prince Joel Makonnen, the great-grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie
- Debut comic book story by Booker Prize-shortlisted author Maaza Mengiste
- And foreword by New York Times bestselling author and head of Disney’s Freedom Fire imprint, Kwame Mbalia

Long Distance is published by Etan Comics, a Black-owned independent comic book publisher with an extensive track record of publishing award-winning nominated African comics made by African creators! Such as:
Feven Gashaw, Ermias Assefa, Tatenda Ndove, Bill Masuku, Tsion Assefa, Kaleab Birhanu, Cassandra Mark, Yared Girma, Dawit Solomon, Amanuel Girma, Ayana Kebede, Besufekade Mulu, Fitsum Fekadu, Michael Asrat, T.S. Zombie, Uzor Peter A.S., Andikan Hezekiah, Harerta Teklu, Stanley Obende, Setor Fiadzigbey, Toyin Ajetunmobi, Beserat Debebe

This is what I want to see. African speculative fiction and historical fiction creatives collaborating and telling their own stories based on their histories. myths, folklore, sci-fi, etc. Be it Ethiopian, Nigerian, Ghanaian, Zambian, Kenyan, Congolese, Eswatini, Moroccan, etc.
The time of whining, complaining and pleading to other people is over.




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The Royal Heretic by Sarah Macklin

Bakari is the netkoleh, ruler of the Ega empire and the living embodiment of the gods. When his eldest son and heir falls ill and dies, Bakari drowns in despair. He decides that the gods are nonexistent and bans the empire's religion. He expects the people to rejoice at being "liberated" but talk of rebellion soon begins instead.

In the north, in a long ago conquered kingdom, the second queen of the empire is sent to deliver the news. Her father, the king, wants to bargain with the netkoleh but she and her siblings know the man can't be reasoned with. Their religion was the last bit of dignity th Ega had left their people. To defy this decree will bring the wrath of the netkoleh down on their lands and hopefully the path to freedom.

Meanwhile, the south is grappling with their recent occupation. The untried leader must balance the needs of her people with the demands of the Ega. The increasing pressures may not only break her but her land as well. In the end, a rash decree by a distant ruler may be the least of her worries.

The bonds of family and fealty will be tested. The strength of nations' faith will be strained. And the fate of the entire empire will rest in the hands of a few.


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I suppose I should get the ball rolling.

Imaro by Charles R Saunders

A series of novels and short stories about a man named Imaro. He's an Illyasai warrior that travels the continent of Nyumbani (a continent analgous to Africa) fighting supernatural and mundane threats to his life. Sword and Sorcery with an African twist.
Ther have been 4 books released. I've got 3 of them. I love it. The writing is great.

A wonderful tribute to Charles R Saunders.


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[Sensitive Christian Grey]

Wouldn't mind copping this, still the fact they called it New Black...

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

A wonderful tribute to Charles R Saunders.


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Kicking myself for not buying the third and fourth books when they were still available.