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The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction
''The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction'' is an anthology of African speculative fiction edited by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki. Background Ekpeki was inspired to publish the book after the positive reception of his earlier African speculative fiction anthology, ''Dominion,'' to "create more spaces for the works of speculative fiction writers of African descent to be appreciated". All the stories in the anthology are reprints of stories first published elsewhere. Contents Themes Parenthood, family, and relationships to the past are themes across many stories in the anthology. Both straight and queer points of view are explored. Stories in the anthology include the genres of Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, high fantasy, hard science fiction, horror, slipstream, climate fiction, cyberpunk, and weird fiction. Reception Fiona Moore in a British Science Fiction Association review describes the anthology as "a good general representation of the state of SFF in Afri ...
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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki or Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald is a Nigerian speculative fiction writer and editor residing in New York. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in ''Omenana Magazine'', Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores', ''Tor.com'', ''Strange Horizons'', ''Uncanny Magazine'', NBC and more. He is a member of thAfrican Speculative Fiction Society SFWA, HWA, and Codex Writers Group. Awards and nominations , - ! scope="row" , 2019 , "The Witching Hour" , Best short story , Nommo Award , , , , - ! scope="row" , 2020 , "Ife-Iyoku" , Best short story , Nommo Award , , , , - ! scope="row" , 2020 , ''Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon'' , Short fiction , British Science Fiction Association Award , , , , - ! scope="row" , 2020 , '' Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora'' , Best Anthology , This is Horror , , Notes , , - ! scope="row" , 2020 , ''Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon'' , ...
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