{"product_id":"9798765114674","title":"Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction","description":"Author: Bacon, Eugen\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798765114674\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Dec 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ee  2025 Locus Awards Winner, Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ee  2025 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIgnyte Awards \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Outstanding Creative Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ee  2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist, African American Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ee  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2024 \u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ee  2024 British Science Fiction Association Award (BSFA) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Best Short Non-Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ee  2024 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBSFA Award Longlist, Best Long Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ee  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrittle Paper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e's 100 Notable African Books of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ee  One of \u003ci\u003eOpen Country Mag\u003c\/i\u003e's 60 Notable African Books of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this vibrant and approachable book, award-winning writers of black speculative fiction bring together excerpts from their work and creative reflections on futurisms with original essays.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures an introduction by Suyi Okungbowa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e showcases creative-critical essays that negotiate genre bending and black speculative fiction with writerly practice. As Afrodecendant peoples with lived experience from the continent, award-winning authors use their intrinsic voices in critical conversations on Afrofuturism and Afro-centered futurisms. By engaging with difference, they present a new kind of African study that is an evaluative gaze at African history, African spirituality, Afrosurrealism, \"becoming,\" black radical imagination, cultural identity, decolonizing queerness, myths, linguistic cosmologies, and more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Contributing authors     Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga, Cheryl S. Ntumy, Dilman Dila, Eugen Bacon, Nerine Dorman, Nuzo Onoh, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Stephen Embleton, Suyi Okungbowa, Tobi Ogundiran and Xan van Rooyen     offer boldly hybrid chapters (both creative and scholarly) that interface Afrocentric artefacts and exegesis. Through ethnographic reflections and intense scrutinies of African fiction, these writers contribute open and diverse reflections of Afro-centered futurisms.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The authors in \u003ci\u003eAfro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e feature in major genre and literary awards, including the Bram Stoker, World Fantasy, British Fantasy, Locus, Ignyte, Nommo, Philip K. Dick, Shirley Jackson and Otherwise Awards, among others. They\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eare also intrinsic partners in a vital conversation on the rise of black speculative fiction that explores diversity and social (in)justice, charting poignant stories with black hero\/ines who remake their worlds in color zones of their own image.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643214188702,"sku":"UBD-9798765114674","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798765114674.jpg?v=1774484228","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798765114674","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}