Nedine Moonsamy | Science Fiction Imaginaries in Africa

Nedine Moonsamy is a Senior Lecturer in the English department at the University of Pretoria. She is currently writing a monograph on contemporary South African Fiction and otherwise conducts research on science fiction in Africa. She is part of the Urban Cultures and Popular Imaginaries in Africa (UCAPI) project. Her debut novel, The Unfamous Five (Modjaji Books) was shortlisted for the HSS Fiction Award (2021), and her poetry was shortlisted for the inaugural New Contrast National Poetry Award (2021).

Further Reading:

Adejunmobi, Moradewun (ed) (2016) “Special Issue: African Science Fiction”. Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry, 3, 3, full issue.

Bould, Mark (ed) (2013) Africa SF. London: Paradoxa 

Garuba, Harry (2003) “Explorations in Animist Materialism: Notes on Reading/Writing African Literature, Culture and Society.” Public Culture, 15, 2, pp. 261-85.