My African Reading List: Wole Talabi

Wole Talabi is a Nigerian science fiction author. He is best known for his short stories, most of them collected in the collections Incomplete Solutions and Convergence Problems. His latest novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon won the prestigious Nommo award for best novel. Talabi has also edited the anthologies Africanfuturism and Mothersound, both central publications in African fantasy and science fiction.

This is Talabi’s reading list:

- Nnedi Okorafor, Lagoon

- Kojo Laing, Woman of the Aeroplanes

- Lauren Beukes, Zoo City

- Tade Thompson, Rosewater

- Tlotlo Tsamaase, Womb City

- T. L. Huchu, Library of the Dead

He also mentions:

- Ben Okri

- Chinua Achebe

- Wole Soyinka

- Carmen Maria Machado

- Arthur C. Clarke

- Isaac Asimov

- Larry Niven, Ringworld

- Jerry Pournelle

- Cyprian Ekwensi

- Flora Nwapa

- Pemi Aguda, Ghostroots

- Amos Tutuola, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts and The Palm-Wine Drinkard

The host in this episode is Daniel Røkholt.

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Music by Ibou Cissokho.

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