Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction
Africa Risen is a great collection by new-to-me writers. Each story provides a fascinating take on common science fiction or fantasy plots, and I appreciated reading tales that weren't influenced by Western culture. There were many stories I enjoyed and only a few I didn't care for. What follows is a list of all the stories within this collection, listed in order of my preference:
IRL
The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library
The Papermakers
A Soul of Small Places
The Sugar Mill
Ghost Ship
Biscuit and Milk
Air to Shape Lungs
When the Mata Wata Met a Demon
The Blue House
Mami Wataworks
A Girl Crawls in a Dark Corner
The Soul Would Have No Rainbow
Ruler of the Rear Guard
Exiles of Witchery
Door Crashers
Rear Mirror
Hanfo Driver
A Dream of Electric Mothers
Star Watchers
Liquid Twilight
A Knight in Tunisia
The Taloned Beast
The Carving of War
Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition)
Housewarming for a Lion Goddess
The Devil is Us
Cloud Mine
March Magic
Simbi
Once Upon a Time in 1967
Deification of Ogodo
I would recommend this collection to anyone looking for a sci-fi/fantasy collection written from a new perspective. With the large collection of stories, there's sure to be something for everyone.
Thank you to Tor for the ARC.