Monthly Archive for November, 2008

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African Science Fiction

I am also trying to amass citations on African science fiction. Liz Ng’ang’a wrote this article for Business Daily Africa, in which she cites John Akomfrah’s observation that

…since science-fiction narratives are usually about alienation, abduction and transportation, they provide a powerful understanding of the displacing of African people.

That—plus the African imperatives toward entrepreneurship and improvisatory technology—strikes me as an extremely fertile mix.

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Made in Africa

Here is Afrigadget founder Erik Hersman‘s talk from last weekend’s Pop!Tech conference. There is a frenzy of African technology and technology-for-Africans activity going on right now, and Afrigadget has been my information hub.

My blogroll-du-jour includes:

I would love to hear any additional citations you may have.

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