Dominion. Volume one : an anthology of speculative fiction from Africa and the African diaspora

Publication/Creation:

[Louisville, Ky.] : Aurelia Leo, 2020

Format:

Book

Edition:

First edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Dominion. Volume one : an anthology of speculative fiction from Africa and the African diaspora / editing by Zelda Knight & Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald ; foreword by Tananarive Due

Related/Included Titles:

Volume One
Trickin' /
Red_Bati /
A Maji Maji Chronicle /
The unclean /
A mastery of German /
Convergence in chorus architecture /
Emily /
To say nothing of lost figurines /
Sleep Pape, Sleep /
Clanfall: Death of kings /
The satellite charmer /
Thresher of men /
Ife-Iyoku, the tale of Imadeyunuagbon /

Variant Titles:

Anthology of speculative fiction from Africa and the African diaspora
Other title on jacket: Dominion anthology (volume one)

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Additional Author/Creators:

Knight, Zelda, editor
Donald, Ekpeki Oghenechovwe, editor
Due, Tananarive, 1966-, writer of foreword
Kurtz, Nicole Givens, contributor
Dila, Dilman, 1977-, contributor
Bacon, Eugen M. (Eugen Matoyo), 1971-, contributor

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Speculative fiction
Fantasy fiction
Short stories
Science fiction
Afrofuturist fiction

Subjects:

African diaspora--Fiction
African fiction (English)--21st century
Short stories, African (English)--21st century
Africans--Fiction
Black people--Fiction
Magic--Fiction
African Americans--Fiction
African American authors
Speculative fiction
Nigeria, Southwest--Fiction
Africa--Fiction

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Volume One
Foreword / Tananarive Due -- Trickin' / Nicole Givens Kurtz -- Red_Bati / Dilman Dila -- A Maji Maji Chronicle / Eugen Bacon -- The unclean / Nuzo Onoh -- A mastery of German / Marian Denise Moore -- Convergence in chorus architecture / Dare Segun Falowo -- Emily / Marian Denise Moore -- To say nothing of lost figurines / Rafeeat Aliyu -- Sleep Pape, Sleep / Suyi Davies Okungbowa -- Clanfall: Death of kings / Odida Nyabundi -- The satellite charmer / Mame Bougouma Diene -- Thresher of men / Michael Boatman -- Ife-Iyoku, the tale of Imadeyunuagbon / Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald.

Summary:

"Dominion is the first anthology of speculative fiction and poetry by Africans and the African Diaspora. An old god rises up each fall to test his subjects. Once an old woman's pet, a robot sent to mine an asteroid faces an existential crisis. A magician and his son time-travel to Ngoni country and try to change the course of history. A dead child returns to haunt his grieving mother with terrifying consequences. Candace, an ambitious middle manager, is handed a project that will force her to confront the ethical ramifications of her company's latest project--the monetization of human memory. Osupa, a newborn village in pre-colonial Yorubaland populated by refugees of war, is recovering after a great storm when a young man and woman are struck by lightning, causing three priests to divine the coming intrusion of a titanic object from beyond the sky. A magician teams up with a disgruntled civil servant to find his missing wand. A taboo error in a black market trade brings a man face-to-face with his deceased father--literally. The death of a King sets off a chain of events that ensnare a trickster, an insane killing machine, and a princess, threatening to upend their post-apocalyptic world. Africa is caught in the tug-of-war between two warring Chinas, and for Ibrahima torn between the lashings of his soul and the pain of the world around him, what will emerge? When the Goddess of Vengeance locates the souls of her stolen believers, she comes to a midwestern town with a terrible past, seeking the darkest reparations. In a post-apocalyptic world devastated by nuclear war, survivors gather in Ife-Iyoku, the spiritual capital of the ancient Oyo Empire, where they are altered in fantastic ways by its magic and power."--Back cover

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

10 unnumbered preliminary pages, 250 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937247815102486

ISBN:

9781946024794
1946024791
9781946024893
1946024899

OCLC Number:

1164384114

Barcode:

010003492552