African Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Where to Start?

Did you know Africa has some of the BEST sci-fi and fantasy books? African writers have been creating some of the most groundbreaking speculative fiction in recent years—Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, or myth-infused fantasy.

If you're new to African SFF, start with: Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor, Rosewater by Tade Thompson, The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna, Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, The Civilization by M K McKenzie, and Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor.

African speculative fiction is finally getting the recognition it deserves. Which African SFF book is on your list?