African Sci-Fi Looks to a Future Climate
When the writer Nnedi Okorafor coined the term Africanfuturism, she wanted to distinguish sci-fi written about Africa from Afrofuturism, which is focuses on the experiences of Black people in the diaspora. Africanfuturism mixes the traditional with the futuristic in a way that resembles modern life in Africa, and many of these stories grapple with climate change. Although the writer Chinelo Onwualu says cli-fi isn\u2019t a subgenre for African writers. It\u2019s often baked into a lot of Africanfuturism because the continent is already at the forefront of climate emergencies. And the writers Suyi Davies Okungbowa and Wole Talabi explain that Africanfuturist cli-fi isn\u2019t as dystopian as Western cli-fi. These visions of the future may feel daunting but there is often a sense of hope and the solutions are more community focused. The actress Nneka Okoye reads from their stories, and other works by African writers.\nThis episode is sponsored by Babbel, Surf Shark and Magic Spoon\nGet up to 60% off at Babbel.com/IMAGINARY\nGet Surfshark VPN at Surfshark.deals/IMAGINARY\nGo to MagicSpoon.com/IMAGINARY and use the code IMAGINARY to save five dollars off\nReading list from this episode:\n\nWorks of Nnedi Okorafor\n\n\nWole Talabi\u2019s anthology Convergence Problems\n\n\nSuyi Davies Okungbowa's novella Lost Ark Dreaming\n\n\nChinelo Onwualu\u2019s short story Letters to My Mother\n\n\n\nDilman Dila\u2019s story The Leafy Man from the book A Killing in the Sun\n\n\n\nMame Bougouma\u2019s story Lekki Lekki from Africanfuturism: An Anthology\n\n\nOmenana Magazine\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices