![]() ![]() Okorafor is on an upward global sci-fi trajectory, especially with the adaption of her acclaimed novella Binti into a major TV series – among several proposed projects involving her African protagonists. She explains in her blog that Africanfuturism is “concerned with visions of the future” and that “it’s less concerned with ‘what could have been’ and more concerned with what can/will be.” ![]() Nigerian-American novelist Nnedi Okorafor calls her brand of sci-fi “Africanfuturism”. Wainaina was in favour of looking beyond the despair that has plagued and continues to plague Africa.Īfrican science fiction is a literary genre which tries to imagine utopic futures of the continent. ![]() In his satirical essay How to Write About Africa, the late Kenyan writer and journalist Binyavanga Wainaina advocated for a rethinking of clichéd and stereotypical representations of the continent. ![]()
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