Award-winning writers Lauren Beukes, Nnedi Okorafor (Nigeria/USA), Leif Randt (Germany) and Binyavanga Wainaina (Kenya) will participate in the opening event of African Futures, hosted by the Goethe-Institut.
African Futures is taking place in Johannesburg, Lagos, Nigeria and Nairobi, Kenya, from 28 October to 31 October.
At the opening event, Beukes, Okorafor and Randt will give a reading from their work, followed by a panel discussion titled “Narratives in Science Fiction Literature”, chaired by Wainaina.
Each writer will be reading excerpts from their work: Nnedi Okorafor from her novel Who Fears Death, which won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, as well as the follow-up prequel The Book of Phoenix that was released in May 2015 to much critical acclaim. Lauren Beukes selected the award winning Zoo City as well as the recent short story Slipping about a girl from Gugulethu competing in an extreme games tournament where anything goes set in Karachi, while Leif Randt will read from his latest novel Planet Magnon, which imagines a world where humans become pawns of the machine, an evolutionary antiquity. Binyavanga Wainaina, one of the most prolific and outspoken writers in Africa today, leads the panel discussion on current and future narratives in science fiction literature.
Event Details
- Date: Wednesday, 28 October 2015
- Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
- Venue: Goethe-Institut
119 Jan Smuts Ave
Parkwood
Johannesburg | Map - RSVP: Admission to all events is free of charge, unless otherwise stated.
- More information: African Futures
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Book Details
- The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor
EAN: 9781444762792
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- Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
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EAN: 9781415202005
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- Planet Magnon by Leif Randt
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EAN: 9783462047202
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- One Day I Will Write About This Place by Binyavanga Wainaina
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EAN: 9781847083326
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