Below is an adaptation of my short story ‘Virus,’ created by Bunmi Oloruntoba of 3bute.com, ‘a mashable anthology of African modernity.’ The result is an impressive piece of hyperfiction; a three-page comic strip layered with several links to relevant multimedia from around the web: You can view the full 3bute here… While you’re up there, [ Read More ]
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Last year introduced me to great personal tragedy when my father passed away in March. Since then, I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on the surreal nature of his departure, and to deal with the mundane process of readjusting to life without him. In that time I’ve come to accept the fact that [ Read More ]
Welcome to Africa… In the year 2057, neuroscience has reverse-engineered the human brain to uncover the inner workings of the mind, and two-thirds of the world’s population are implanted with biocores; organic microcomputers that interface billions of people to the world-wide electronic Grid. On the 3rd of March, a retired police officer is called back [ Read More ]
That badass piece of artwork you are looking at is the cover for the first issue of Jungle Jim, a bi-monthly African pulp fiction magazine. They officially launched at The Book Lounge in Cape Town on Wednesday, 31st May. My short story ‘Virus’ will appear in Issue #4, which is due on July 15. Check [ Read More ]
Greetings Fellow Sojourners, This is your elusive Captain speaking. Despite my notable absence from the helm of this spaceship, I’d like to assure you all that we are still directly on course for the boundaries of the contemporary imagination which have yet to be breached. At least, those of you following my Twitter account (@afrocyberpunk) [ Read More ]
A new year has arrived, and the world is on the brink of utter chaos. Heralded by bomb blasts in Nigeria, this new year sees the Ivory Coast caught in the grips of a post-election crisis with no end in sight, and a new nation due to born from the troubled womb of Sudan. The [ Read More ]
Hi all, I’ve been underground for some time thanks to inhumane levels of schoolwork, but I’m back to keep this blog grinding through Christmas. At the moment, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been featured in the December edition of DUST, a free magazine based in Accra. An acronym for Discover Urban Style and Trend, [ Read More ]
In a freak streak of luck dating back to my radio appearance in September, I received an invitation from African Writing Magazine to submit an article as a guest blogger on their website. The article I wrote was originally titled ‘On the Future of African Science Fiction,’ but due to its similarity with the title [ Read More ]
The radio show last night was brilliant. I read out my debut short story entitled ‘Virus!’ which is a heavily abridged version of the first chapter in my upcoming cyberpunk novel. The reading was broken up into three parts, but the host did a great job of bridging the parts with very incisive questions that [ Read More ]
