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Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renée Thomas, Zelda Knight, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
3 reviews
katereadsgreat's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, and Body horror
jessies's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
NetGalley ARC
This is a great collection of mostly African SFF short stories. As with all short story collections, I connected more with some stories than others. These stories run the gamut from Afro Futurism, Sci fi, Fantasy, Mythology and everything in-between. There is definitely something for everyone. I loved listening to African and African Diaspora takes on the world. The audiobook narrators do an amazing job.
Some of my favorites were:
March Magic by WC Dunlap
Mami Wataworks by Russell Nichols
Door Crashers by Frank Zeph
Ghost Ship by Tananarive Due
Liquid Twilight by Ytasha Womack
A Girl Crawls in a Dark Corner by Alexis Brooks de Vita
The Papermakers by Akua Lezil Hope
Exiles of Witchery by Ivana Akotwaa
The Galoned Beast by Chinelo Onwualu
This is a great collection of mostly African SFF short stories. As with all short story collections, I connected more with some stories than others. These stories run the gamut from Afro Futurism, Sci fi, Fantasy, Mythology and everything in-between. There is definitely something for everyone. I loved listening to African and African Diaspora takes on the world. The audiobook narrators do an amazing job.
Some of my favorites were:
March Magic by WC Dunlap
Mami Wataworks by Russell Nichols
Door Crashers by Frank Zeph
Ghost Ship by Tananarive Due
Liquid Twilight by Ytasha Womack
A Girl Crawls in a Dark Corner by Alexis Brooks de Vita
The Papermakers by Akua Lezil Hope
Exiles of Witchery by Ivana Akotwaa
The Galoned Beast by Chinelo Onwualu
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Body horror
sarrie's review
challenging
dark
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
TL;DR: A super interesting collection, but with a lot of darker stories, especially in the second half.
It’s extremely hard to review an anthology of this size without just muddling through a bunch of individual reviews. There are, like with any anthology, weaker and stronger stories. The depth and aim of this collection is to highlight and feature stories from African writers using and from African lore/view/history. On that this succeeded fantastically.
The stories and authors were varied in style and type. A lot of these had some very interesting, fun, and not so fun nods to history and I was happy to have caught some of those as I’m working on educating myself more on those things. On the whole I enjoyed this, though the last half felt heavier and darker due to a few triggers that popped up, specifically for me. These are stories I did skim through to the next, so be aware there maybe stories here that you’ll find hard to read or disturbing. My favorite stories all came from the beginning of the collection - in fact my favorite story was the first story, The Blue House. This one was so vivid and grabbed me so intently I was lost in for the duration
I would recommend this one for anyone who is looking for more stories from the African voice. There were some weaker stories of course, but the whole of it felt strong and rich in tone and voice. Another fantastic collection for those of us who enjoy short stories.
It’s extremely hard to review an anthology of this size without just muddling through a bunch of individual reviews. There are, like with any anthology, weaker and stronger stories. The depth and aim of this collection is to highlight and feature stories from African writers using and from African lore/view/history. On that this succeeded fantastically.
The stories and authors were varied in style and type. A lot of these had some very interesting, fun, and not so fun nods to history and I was happy to have caught some of those as I’m working on educating myself more on those things. On the whole I enjoyed this, though the last half felt heavier and darker due to a few triggers that popped up, specifically for me. These are stories I did skim through to the next, so be aware there maybe stories here that you’ll find hard to read or disturbing. My favorite stories all came from the beginning of the collection - in fact my favorite story was the first story, The Blue House. This one was so vivid and grabbed me so intently I was lost in for the duration
I would recommend this one for anyone who is looking for more stories from the African voice. There were some weaker stories of course, but the whole of it felt strong and rich in tone and voice. Another fantastic collection for those of us who enjoy short stories.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Rape
Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Body horror, Death of parent, Deportation, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Death, Miscarriage, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Animal death, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Self harm
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