Mazi Nwonwu

With every issue of Omenana, we recommit ourselves to the task of holding space for African imaginations that bend time, twist memory, and summon futures.

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With every issue of Omenana, we recommit ourselves to the task of holding space for African imaginations that bend time, twist memory, and summon futures.

omenana.com/2025/07/31/o...

YouTube video by BBC News Africa Stranded: Exposing the UK’s immigration scammers - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

Proud to see our investigative report on migration scams in the UK gaining traction in both Nigeria and the UK.

Stories like these matter. I feel incredibly fortunate to be in a position to bring them to light.

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Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine Issue 32 now out!
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YouTube video by BBC News Africa Stranded: Exposing the UK’s immigration scammers - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

"Recruitment agents who scam foreign nationals applying to work in the UK care sector have been exposed by BBC secret filming."

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Yeah. It was great hearing you speak. Great insights!

How my today went.

Alliance Literary Festival, Bengaluru.

Panel themed "Dreamscapes and Dystopias: Art of Speculative Fiction" with @gautambhatia88.bsky.social and Tanuj Solanki.
Moderated by Elizabeth Thomas.

The cover is mean! Congratulations bro.

Alpha's Gambit | Mazi Nwonwu - omenana.com I felt wings, powerful wings, on my back. I felt them beat. I tested their strength; knew they would carry my body. I bent my knees, readying to fly towards the sun. It was then that another sense beg...

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It is crazy when we think of how much damage unsteady power supply does to creatives in the developing world.
It is true we've found ways to cope, but when you equate how much time and creative juice is lost to power outages that happen intermittently across the day, every day, you marvel.

Daalu Ivor!

Omenana 10th Anniversary Edition December 2024 - omenana.com Issue 30 of Omenana Speculative fiction magazine features new and reprint works by speculative fiction writers from across Africa. All the contributors have been published in the magazine in the past.

Omenana Issue 30 - 10th anniversary edition, featuring:
@wtalabi.bsky.social, @nerinedorman.bsky.social, @chineloonwualu.bsky.social, @mazinwonwu.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social, Rafeeat Aliyu, Tariro Ndoro & Gabrielle Emem Harry is live now!

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One of the coolest things about publishing a book in Norway is that the gov will automatically buy 1k copies, 1.5K if its a children's book, these will then be distributed to all the libraries.

I'm really excited to have a story coming out soon in the 10th Anniversary edition of @omenanamag.bsky.social! And a @sauutiverse.bsky.social story no less! In good company.

Two special editions of Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine coming out next week!

10th anniversary edition & a special edition containing Omenana stories selected & translated into Portuguese by Brazilian university students.

Omenana's 10 anniversary edition is almost ready!

Brittle Paper’s 100 Notable African Books of 2024 is here Brittle Paper’s 100 Notable African Books of 2024 was unveiled to the public on Tuesday, December 10, 2024.

Brittle Paper’s 100 Notable African Books of 2024 is here
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Building a list to power this as a starter pack and feed, let me know if I missed anyone or you'd like to be added.
#AfricanPublisher #AfricanLit #AfricanSFF

Really love how people are discovering this book and getting a handle on my intent.

@brittlepaper.bsky.social, thanks for the honour!

1. Let's start with my current read: Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi
This sexy tome follows the dangerous adventures of Shigidi, a former nightmare god, and his succubus partner Nneoma. Corporatised religion, spirit world power games, and a refreshing narrative structure.

Dino drawing.
(Ceratosaurus).

We still have two editions of Omenana for 2024!

Can I recommend stories from @omenana.com? 😜

Thanks for reading and liking 'Deletion' Ivor. Looking forward to submitting something to Zamashort as soon as I can take a break from my journalist persona. 😀

Can't say some as they are unpublished (expect them next year in ZamaShort! @zamashort.bsky.social) otherwise: Dare Segun Falowo's 'October in Eran Riro' in Caged Ocean Dub @dsfalowo.bsky.social and Mazi Nwonwu's 'Deletion' in How to Make a Space Masquerade @mazinwonwu.bsky.social.

Hey y'all! What are your favorite pieces of SFF short fiction by African authors that you've read this year? The ones that most impressed you?
[To keep things manageable, lets try to limit answers to a maximum of 3 stories and no recommending your own work]

Life goes on!