Tochi Onyebuchi Recommends African Visions of the Future by Women and Nonbinary Authors

Tochi Onyebuchi’s young adult books, the duology Beasts Made of Night and Crown of Thunder, are fantasy novels with a Nigeria-influenced setting. His upcoming War Girls is set in a post-nuclear, post-climate change Nigeria of 2172. Riot Baby, his first novel for adults (also forthcoming), is a dystopian story about supernatural powers and American racism. […] The post Tochi Onyebuchi Recommends African Visions of the Future by Women and Nonbinary Authors appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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