Tag: African MC

• ‘The Prey of Gods’- Drayden, Nicky

  In South Africa, the future looks promising. Personal robots are making life easier for the working class. The government is harnessing renewable energy to provide infrastructure for the poor. And in the bustling coastal town of Port Elizabeth, the economy is booming thanks to the genetic engineering industry which has found a welcome home there.…

  The Disability Archives

  17th Jan 2024

  Adult, Age, Author, Book Type, Chronic Pain, D, Disability, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, LGBTQ+, Multiple Sclerosis, Novels, Physical Disability, Queer, Science Fantasy, Science-Fiction, Transgender, Urban Fantasy

  Adult, Africa, African MC, Black MC, Chronic Pain, Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTQ+, M/M, Multiple POV, Multiple Sclerosis, Novel, Physical Disability, POC, Queer, Robots, Science Fantasy, Science-Fiction, South Africa, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Transgender, Urban Fantasy, Xhosa-Irish MC, Zulu MC

• ‘Noor’- Okorafor, Nnedi

  From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful rumination on biotechnology, destiny, and humanity in a near-future Nigeria. Anwuli Okwudili prefers to be called AO. To her, these initials have always stood for Artificial Organism. AO has never really felt…natural, and that’s putting it lightly. Her parents spent…

  The Disability Archives

  4th Jan 2024

  Adult, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Novels, O, Physical Disability, Prosthetic Limb, Science-Fiction, Speculative

  Adult, African MC, Black MC, Body Augmentation, Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Nigeria, Novel, Physical Disability, Prosthetic Limb, Science-Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘The Lion Hunter’- Wein, Elizabeth E.

  It is the sixth century in Aksum, Africa. Young Telemakos, King Arthur’s half-Ethiopian grandson, is still recovering from his ordeal as a government spy in the far desert, trying to learn who was breaking the Emperor’s plague quarantine. Before he is fully himself again, tragedy and menace strike, and he finds himself sent, with his…

  The Disability Archives

  31st Dec 2023

  Age, Amputee, Author, Book Type, Disability, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Historical, Mental Health, Neurodivergent, Novels, Physical Disability, PTSD, W, Young Adult

  6th Century, Africa, African MC, Amputee, Arthurian Myth, Ethiopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical, Historical Setting, Mental Health, Neurodivergence, Novel, Physical Disability, PTSD, Series, Submitted Book, The Lion Hunters, The Mark of Solomon, Young Adult

• ‘Beasts of Prey’- Gray, Ayana

  Magic doesn’t exist in the broken city of Lkossa anymore, especially for girls like sixteen-year-old Koffi. Indentured to the notorious Night Zoo, she cares for its fearsome and magical creatures to pay off her family’s debts and secure their eventual freedom. But the night her loved ones’ own safety is threatened by the Zoo’s cruel…

  The Disability Archives

  25th Sep 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Fantasy, Fiction, G, Genre, Mental Health, Neurodivergent, Novels, OCD, Young Adult

  Africa, African MC, Beasts of Prey, Black MC, Fantasy, Fiction, High Fantasy, Magic, Mental Health, Mythology, Neurodivergence, OCD, Series, Submitted Book, Young Adult

• ‘Akata Witch’- Okorafor, Nnedi

  Akata Witch transports the reader to a magical place where nothing is quite as it seems. Born in New York, but living in Aba, Nigeria, twelve-year old Sunny is understandably a little lost. She is albino and thus, incredibly sensitive to the sun. All Sunny wants to do is be able to play football and…

  The Disability Archives

  8th Sep 2023

  Age, Albinism, Author, Book Type, Disability, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Middle-Grade, Novels, O, Skin Condition, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult

  Africa, African MC, African-American MC, Albinism, Black MC, Black Writer, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Middle-Grade, Nigeria, Novel, Series, Skin Condition, Submitted Book, The Nsbibidi Scripts, Urban Fantasy, Witches, Young Adult