I was introduced to the term “Afro-Surrealism” through an interview in which Phillip B. Williams called it his preferred way to describe his novel Ours. The phrase was coined by Amiri Baraka in 197…

290 pp. January 20, 2026, Colombia University Press. Non-fiction. All quotes below are from an advance copy of the book. Zimbabwean folklore has the general concept of “bush” (sango in ChiShona, iganga in isiNdebele) rather than forest proper, but it was easy to locate it in Professor Ainehi Edoro’s Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think. It represents the ‘outside’: of village or community life; of normal or regular, ordered spaces; of day-to-day reality.

A timely look at contemporary African American creative works through the lens of Ta-Nehisi Coates's ground-breaking entry into the comic book industry. Writing…

/ A Lever is a Complex Machine /

Guy’s smiling so hard he’s going to give his cheeks permanent marionette lines. As are all the other folks hanging over the edge in danger of falling into the enclosure. Then again, this is a…

ZamaShort #13 ‘Fly, Flightless’ by Chisom Umeh

it’s finally here. The US cover for my forthcoming novel THE FIST OF MEMORY! Check it out!

ZamaShort Authors, Bios and Essays.

An ambitious Africanfuturist animated feature is gaining momentum on Kickstarter, and it deserves your attention. Crocodile Dance reimagines the Mami Wata origin story through Roukia, a Hausa griot fr...

379 pp. September 25, 2025 (UK), November 4, 2025 (US), Atlantic Books. Fiction. What a compelling read! This novel made me more unsociable than usual for 24 hours. A woman sees a man when he comes…

I have some thrilling news y’all! Announcing The Fist of Memory My next novel, The Fist of Memory, a sci-fi thriller unlike any other, was just just announced! It will be out in Fall 2026. Th…

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South Africa’s landscapes are not just breathtaking, they’re storied.

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African folklore pedagogy combined with a life grounded in the sacraments may provide an educational path to truth and virtue.

I wanna support more black artists/writers, & Black Science fiction (alongside AfroFuturism & AfricanFuturism) as from what I read about in Sci-fi

Discover a world where robotics and biotechnology are accessible to many and where corrupt governments and criminal organisations constantly struggle over power.