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BOOKS MENTIONED:
Binti: Home, by Nnedi Okorafor: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30038654-home
Akata Witch, by Nnedi Okorafor: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7507944-akata-witch
Strange Matings, edited by Rebecca J. Holden (Editor), Nisi Shawl: (Editor)https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17950693-strange-matings
Concrete Park, by by Tony Puryear, Erika Alexander (Illustrator): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21532247-concrete-park-volume-1
BOOKTUBERS/FOLX MENTIONED:
Nnedi Okorafor’s TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/nnedi_okorafor_sci_fi_stories_that_imagine_a_future_africa
Nalo Hopkinson’s Article – “Afrofuturism: Synecdoche is Not the Same as Solidarity”: https://www.patreon.com/posts/15110179
perpetualpages – Reading Stephen King’s “IT” for Tome Topple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqAA3Wn-lnQ
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Hol' up, I'm not sure if I heard you clearly; did you say you're Trinidadian?
This afrofuturism discussion sounds juicy. I'm looking up all this information so, I too, can be better informed.
Thank you for recommending Dhalgren. A review says it's a complex read to get into at the start, but it get's unambiguous as you read on.
One of Samuel R. Delaney's latest books has my interest piqued on high alert.
I look forward to seeing what you had to say about Concrete Park and Nnedi's Okorafor's books.
Nnedi Okorafor has been on my TBR for some time. I've been on a bit of a Octavia Butler binge so I am excited to get to Binti and Akata Witch. Thank you for linking Nnedi Okorafor's TED Talk and I look forward to your discussion about Afrofuturism.
Im interested in hearing your thoughts about Akata Witch and Home. I really loved both of her books and am looking forward to reading the third Binti. I shall need to read the Nalo Hopkinson article you mentioned and listen to your discussion. I'll have to read Strange Matings once I've read more of Octavia Butler's work. Great Video!
I'll look out for your discussion on Afrofuturism. I've heard of Okorafor's TED talk, which I'd like to see, and I'll look up that article by Nalo Hopkinson.
Btw, Akata Witch was a fun read. I enjoyed it and some parts reminded me of growing up in JA.
It looks like I will have a busy 2018 reading some of the many books that you have featured. I love graphic novels and Afrofuturism so I look forward to some happy reading. Thank you Njeri for another great video.
I'm really looking forward to hearing about your thoughts on these books once you've read them. And the debate/discussion surrounding Afrofuturism and its meaning is a really interesting subject. My initial thoughts on it are I would expect the bulk of Afrofuturism writers to be Africans living in Africa, but I certainly wouldn't exclude American Africans, be they the African American – as in descended from Africans brought over as slaves – or someone like Nnedi Okorafor who considers herself Naijamerican. And if Irishfuturism was an actual SFF subgrenre – as a 2nd generation Irish American – I would look at it the same way, as expecting the bulk, but not all, the writers to be Irish living in Ireland. That said, it doesn't seem an easy topic to unravel and define.