Wole Talabi
Autor von Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon
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Africanfuturism: An Anthology — Herausgeber — 13 Exemplare
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 45, No. 9 & 10 [September/October 2021] (2021) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
A Dream of Electric Mothers 3 Exemplare
Wednesday's Story {story} 2 Exemplare
Africanfuturism: An Anthology 2 Exemplare
Parse. Error. Reset. 1 Exemplar
The Regression Test {story} 1 Exemplar
i, Shigidi 1 Exemplar
Incompleteness Theories 1 Exemplar
An Arc Of Electric Skin 1 Exemplar
The Regression Test {short story} 1 Exemplar
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Omenana to Infinity — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
Redemption song and other stories : The Caine Prize for African Writing 2018 (2018) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Event Horizon 2017: An Anthology of Authors Eligible For the John W Cambell Award For Best New Writer — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
WIRED(ワイアード)VOL.50 — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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There is probably a whole subgenre out there of books about stealing items from the British museum. The only other one I have read is a Lovejoy novel, The Very Last Gambado. Both Lovejoy and the protagonist here, Shigidi, arbitrate between their own homelands and cultures (East Anglia and Nigeria respectively) and the symbolic centre of imperial cultural theft, the British Museum, and obviously we cheer for the insurgents both times.
It’s a richly imagined, sexy contemporary magical world, with the metaphors about colonialism and cultural appropriation text rather than subtext; and the sense of place is very good in both Nigeria and London. Entertaining to see Aleister Crowley still alive and taking an interest in contemporary affairs. I did feel that the system of magic and godhood was rather over-bureaucratised, using frankly Western concepts of management which are good for the 21st century in Nigeria or England but would hardly have been around for the millennia! Still, enjoyable and short.… (mehr)