Read the full 3bute… I recently discovered this new 3bute adapted from a blog post by Chris Kirkley (on Sahel Sounds), in which he recounts a visit to an MP3 market on the streets of Nouakchott, Mauritania. Kirkley’s brief but vivid account perfectly illustrates the radical digitization of the urban African landscape over the past [ 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 ]
Hello cyberpunks and -punkettes, here’s a new article of mine that’s just been published by cyberculture legend R. U. Sirius on his latest webzine; Acceler8or. This one is entitled ‘Developing Worlds: Beyond the Frontiers of Science Fiction‘, and here’s the opening paragraph: Imagine a young African boy staring wide-eyed at the grainy images of an [ Read More ]
Writing a novel is like watching a tree grow in real-time. It can be a genuinely wholesome and fulfilling experience, but it’s mostly a slow and agonizingly painful process, especially after you’ve come to love the little world you’ve created and can’t wait to share it with the big one. This month marks exactly two [ Read More ]
The most valuable natural resource to a society’s development is its ore of ideas. Much more than a brand of esoteric entertainment, science fiction has long been a source of prophetic knowledge that has influenced the destiny of humankind. From ‘1984’ (Orwell, 1949) to ‘Neuromancer’ (Gibson, 1984), the course of history has continually been altered [ Read More ]
Welcome to Africa. You are not where you think you are. You are not on a safari, or an expedition, or a mission. Your footprint is not the first here, nor will it be the last. Africa is a tour with no guide and no schedule, a ride with no stops, no brakes, and no [ Read More ]
