Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction

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Winner of the 2023 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology Winner of the 2023 Locus Award for Best Anthology A 2023 NAACP Image Award Nominee A 2023 British Fantasy Award Nominee A NPR Best of the Year pick A Book Riot Best SFF of the Year pick "A magnificent and wide-ranging anthology . . . A must-read for all genre fans."Publishers Weekly starred review From award-winning editorial team Sheree Rene Thomas Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Zelda Knight comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora. A group of cabinet ministers query a supercomputer containing the minds of the countrys ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of fragile new life. A descendent of a rain goddess inherits her grandmothers ability to change her appearanceand perhaps the world. Created in the legacy of the seminal award-winning anthology series Dark Matter Africa Risen celebrates the vibrancy diversity and reach of African and Afro-Diasporic SFF and reaffirms that Africa is not risingits already here.