Strange Horizons

Malawi is a nest of science fiction. Not just science fiction, but a rather literary SF.

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Andrew Dakalira

By: Geoff Ryman

“When I read something I would think 'If I can be this thrilled by a story, maybe I could do this for someone else!'”

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Aubrey Chinguwo

By: Geoff Ryman

“We have written a lot of short stories about the past and our traditions, and I think it’s time for technology to come up.”

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Ekari Mbvundula

By: Geoff Ryman

“That’s what I hope—that our techno-crazed culture will have a popular fiction with a context that reflects our own identities.”

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Muthi Nhlema

By: Geoff Ryman

“I’m currently researching for two stories. I’m working on a fantasy about a mouse and a forest of magical baobabs, that came to me during a bout of psychedelic malaria. And the other is about youth unemployment.”

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Shadreck Chikoti

By: Geoff Ryman

“As writers, it’s not really our responsibility but we envision, create, and so we can think about the future. There’s a quote that I put in the book from Abraham Lincoln that says ‘If you want the future then create it yourself.’”

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Tiseke Chilima

By: Geoff Ryman

“I knew pretty early on that I was going to be a writer or storyteller in some form.”

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Tuntufye Simwimba

By: Geoff Ryman

“I write more on sex precisely because it is considered a taboo, so I want to defy the odds. Things that people are uncomfortable speaking about that what I want to write about.”

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Endnote: Science Fiction is Dead, Long Live Science Fiction

By: Geoff Ryman

What I learned in Malawi was this. African SFF owes almost nothing to Western science fiction.

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