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Afrofuturism: black women changing the SciFi scene

15/03/2021 GMT

Afrofuturism: Black women changing the sci-fi scene

BBC World Service - The Conversation, Afrofuturism: Black women changing the sci-fi scene

Authors N.K. Jemisin and Chinelo Onwualu on their efforts to diversify the genre

Award-winning US author N.K. Jemisin and Nigerian editor Chinelo Onwualu on the challenges of getting published as a black science fiction writer.

Is science fiction too white? Kim Chakanetsa meets two women who are diversifying the genre. They talk about finding inspiration, dealing with rejection, and what Afrofuturism means to them.
 
N.K. Jemisin is an African-American psychologist and science fiction writer. Her Broken Earth trilogy won the Hugo Award for Best Novel three years in a row. She’s the first and only author to have achieved that recognition. In her latest book, The City We Became, she addresses the legacy of racism in science fiction. 
 
Chinelo Onwualu is a Nigerian writer and the non-fiction editor of Anathema Magazine. She grew up wanting to write science fiction, but struggled to get her voice heard in a largely white and male-dominated world. She talks about the main narratives and themes emerging within African Speculative Fiction.
 
Produced by Alice Gioia
 
IMAGE DETAILS: 
L: N.K. Jemisin (Credit: Laura Hanifin)
R: Chinelo Onwualu (courtesy of Chinelo Onwualu)

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