Authors Vamba Sherif, Temi Oh and Saleem Haddad will talk about Butler’s impact, Afrofuturism as a genre, and the broader field of speculative fiction written by authors of colour. Last year, Vamba Sherif compiled De komeet, an anthology of speculative fiction by Dutch writers of colour. What does he think about how the genre has developed? Saleem Haddad wrote just such a story, Song of the Birds, which was included in Palestine +100, a collection of political and speculative fiction by and about Palestinians. His story is a metaphorical high wire act revolving around the question: should you accept a new home in a strange land, or should you return and fight for your country of origin? The third author at the table is Temi Oh. Her novel, More Perfect, which appeared last year, is a re-telling of the myth of Euridice and Orpheus. It is set in a near future, where the British government is building a techno-dystopia in the name of security. Sherif, Haddad and Oh will talk about the power of speculative fiction, especially for marginalised groups. It serves as a tool for illustrating injustice from an unexpected angle, and for writing fiction that has room for both hope and despair.
Moderator: Devaniyo Rigers from the CPT collective.
English spoken
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