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Zimbabwean publisher, editor, writer, visual artist. Anthology series ed./pub: African Roar, AfroSF, and ZamaShort launched 1st May 2025 @zamashort.bsky.social
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ZamaShort Extras: Meet the Author Dare Segun Falowo
@dsfalowo.bsky.social , ZamaShort #6 'Sindi Fair'.
Dare Segun Falowo is a writer in the Nigerian Weird. Their work draws on cinema, indigenous cosmologies, pulp fiction & a lived surreality.
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my debut collection is officially out in Nigeria today! after being born in the US & the UK in 2023, it came here to meet me halfway. i am fizzing with gratitude to the Supreme Being, to the publisher, to kindest friends, and to all future readers.
Welcome to the weird.👹
Most welcome Sandile, great work you're doing.
10.10.2025 13:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New additions. If you missed it or haven't seen it recently.
23/ Call to the Dark @calldarkpod.bsky.social
24/ It Was an Animal Attack @animalattackpod.bsky.social
25/ Read #AfricanSFF!🫵🏾 @africansffhype.bsky.social (because its (Soila Kenya @soila.bsky.social ) awesome and does a lot to put the word out for #AfricanSFF)
09.10.2025 15:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0As always, if you have any suggestions for this that fit, add them here.
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Photo of a paperback on patterned African fabric. Cover is a painting of a colourful street scene somewhere in Zimbabwe: there are "Vote ZANU PF) posters with Robert Mugabe's face on them. There are two figures conversing in the foreground, and a fruit vendor nearby.
The Mad is out already btw, from Zimbabwean Publisher Carnelian:
carnelianheartpublishing.co.uk/product/the-...
Zukiswa Wanner and Other Global Sumud Flotilla Activists Released
www.writingafrica.com/zukiswa-wann...
New additions. If you missed it or haven't seen it recently.
23/ Call to the Dark @calldarkpod.bsky.social
24/ It Was an Animal Attack @animalattackpod.bsky.social
I don't post often on here, but I have a supernatural horror fiction podcast / audio drama, and I just wrapped up the first volume!
Think Magnus Archives, Hi Nay, and a touch of Welcome to Night Vale, but with Southern African folktales and myths - check it out if that's your vibe 🔥
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ZamaShort Extras: Excerpts - ZamaShort #5 'The Smell of Rain' by Libby Young over at our whatsapp channel exclusively: whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
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Image showing the books in the ZamaShort Bunble: ZamaShort #1 'Piss Corpse' by Muthi Nhlema ZamaShort #2 ‘Summer’ by Nerine Dorman ZamaShort #3 'The Last and Final Battle' by Zainab Omaki ZamaShort #4 'The Clarity of Ice' by Carmelo Rafalà ZamaShort #5 ‘The Smell of Rain’ by Libby Young ZamaShort #6 'Sindi Fair' by Dare Segun Falowo
The ZamaShort Bundle Special is Live! All our stories one time. Save 24% off the retail price for the individual stories. You will be supporting our future, our authors, African literature, and read excellent stories! selfany.com/s/ZamaShort
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This weekend the special is a triple serving of Black Fantastic literature!
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(WINE ON AN EMPTY STOMACH) SHIGIDI and the BRASS HEAD OF OBALUFON With Special Guest Author: Wole Talabi a novel by WOLE TALABI OCT. 25TH 6PM EDT YouTube: A Thousand Eyes and One Podcast
#WineOnAnEmptyStomach Shigidi and The Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi (feat. special guest… Wole Talabi!!)
Oct 25 6PM EDT
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Kh...
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Publication Day! ZamaShort #6 'Sindi Fair' by Dare Segun Falowo @dsfalowo.bsky.social
In the mythical African Kingdom of Uju, Chief Len and his son Fren must undertake a journey to find a cure. A tale of magic, achillean romance and finding one’s true self.
#booksky #fantasy #lgbtq #AfricanSFF
South African writer and publisher Zukiswa Wanner among Global Sumud Flotilla activists kidnapped by the Israeli regime as they tried to end the blockade on Gaza this night.
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We are thrilled to share the shortlists for the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, judged by Anton Hur (Fiction), @noreenmasud.bsky.social (Life Writing), and Yasmine Seale (Poetry), and chaired by Romesh Gunesekera.
Discover the shortlists in the full announcement here: buff.ly/KoSXsrb
Eish, that's 7,423 km2, serious.
29.09.2025 13:42 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0ZamaShort Update, Six Months!
Six months, nearly, since our first publication, to date we have published excellent stories from Muthi Nhlema, Nerine Dorman, Zainab Omaki, Carmelo Rafala, Libby Young, and next is Dare Segun Falowo.
Cover image of ZamaShort #6 'Sindi Fair' by Dare Segun Falowo
ZamaShort 6 ‘Sindi Fair’ by Dare Segun Falowo @dsfalowo.bsky.social
In the mythical African Kingdom of Uju, Chief Len and his son Fren must undertake a journey to find a cure. A tale of magic, achillean romance and finding one’s true self.
#AfricanSFF #booksky #fantasy #lgbtq
Photograph of NoViolet Bulawayo photo credit Nye Lyn Tho
Massive Congrats NoViolet Bulawayo! Winner of the 2025 Best of Caine Award for her short story 'Hitting Budapest' which won the 2011 Caine Prize. Judges were: Abdulrazak Gurnah, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, and Tony Tagoe. There were 25 finalists.
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And here is NoViolet's 'Hitting Budapest' (link and story supplied by the Caine Prize) : static1.squarespace.com/static/565c3...
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Photograph of NoViolet Bulawayo photo credit Nye Lyn Tho
Massive Congrats NoViolet Bulawayo! Winner of the 2025 Best of Caine Award for her short story 'Hitting Budapest' which won the 2011 Caine Prize. Judges were: Abdulrazak Gurnah, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, and Tony Tagoe. There were 25 finalists.
#AfricanLit #booksky
I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU HONEY: am so excited for you all to read this short story and enter the world of Uju. Loosely inspired by fairytales, esp. Cinderella and the myth of Persephone + a first exploration of queer romance in my ouevre.
Out October 1!
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Introducing The ZamaShort Shop!
Today is a new day for ZamaShort, we are launching our very own shopfront where you can buy from us directly!
selfany.com/s/ZamaShort
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This is really great, I hope the Kenyan gov follows through. To be noted though both South Africa and Botswana have enshrined LGBTIQA+ rights, and therefore discrimination protections, in their constitutions. Also such discriminations only came about from colonisation, pre- there wasn't a problem.
24.09.2025 13:03 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Makororkoto!🎉
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