"Fantasy cinema and literature have given us towering stone castles, dark enchanted forests, and gleaming suits of armor – but what happens when fantasy is built within an African setting.
What ideas and plots emerge when your hero is mercenary in the Sahel, a princess in Axum, a Zulu warrior in the South? In this video, I try and explore the glaring possibilities. Join me!"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XqFTsaCdxIs

#AfricanFantasy #AfricanSetting #Africa #fantasy #ttrpg #rpg #writing

Two completely different #fantasy novels for a change. #JohnGwynne and the #Bloodsworn series are highly popular Norse fantasy, #KhadijaAbdallaBajaber is an #Africanfantasy author from Kenya, not that widely known in my area. Both are good; I enjoyed the familiar Norse fantasy in #TheShadowoftheGods and the new-to-me African setting in #TheHouseofRust. The knitting doesn't match either of the books though!

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A discussion of Sword & Soul

https://youtu.be/c_ObGt7tIY4

#Books #Fantasy #AfricanFantasy #POC #BlackWriters #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #AfricanWriters

Happy #BlackFriday! I *think* the hashtag is meant to celebrate black creators (artists, musicians, #writers, etc.) so today I wanna tell you all to read work by #NnediOkorafor!

Personally I love the Nsibidi Script Series is a coming of age of sorts about a U.S. born girl living in #Nigeria who learns she has ✨ magic✨ powers and learns how to use them. #BlackMastodon #YAFantasy #AfricanLit #AfricanFantasy

Learn more about her work: https://nnedi.com/books/

Africa Risen is an anthology of African Speculative Fiction. If you like speculative fiction you like the wild and exciting!

Free sample by following the link!

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250833013/africarisen

@sffbipoc #bookstodon #OghenechovweDonaldEkpeki #ZeldaKnight #ShereeReneeThomas #AfricanSciFi #AfricanFantasy #AfricanSpeculativeFiction

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Ohh very nice an anthology about the difficulties of creating speculative fiction in a pandemic in Africa.

Mr Ekpeki writes like Wyndham at his height but has not yet come into his full strength I think and that's with the multiple awards won.   One to watch!

https://odekpeki.com/2022/09/10/bridging-worlds-global-conversations-on-creating-pan-african-speculative-literature-in-a-pandemic/​

#SciFi #writers #africanLiterature #anthology #fantasy #AfricanFantasy #AfricanSciFi #AfricanSpeculativeFiction #OghenechovweDonaldEkpeki​ #Bookstodon @sffbipoc

Ohh very nice an anthology about the difficulties of creating speculative fiction in a pandemic in Africa.

Mr Ekpeki writes like Wyndham at his height but has not yet come into his full strength I think and that's with the multiple awards won. One to watch!

https://odekpeki.com/2022/09/10/bridging-worlds-global-conversations-on-creating-pan-african-speculative-literature-in-a-pandemic/

#SciFi #writers #africanLiterature #anthology #fantasy #AfricanFantasy #AfricanSciFi #AfricanSpeculativeFiction #OghenechovweDonaldEkpeki