Six African Writers Shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award.

Six African writers are on this year’s British Science Fiction Association (BSFA).

Four African writers were shortlisted in the short fiction category and two in the novel category. The two shortlisted novels are Club Ded by Nikhil Singh and Water Must Fall by Nick Wood.They are both South African writers. The shortlisted short stories are: Dilman Dila’s Red Bati and Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s Ife-Iyoku the Tale ofImadeyunuagbon which appeared in Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora, edited by Ekpeki and Zelda Knight.

Tobi Ogundiran’s Isn’t Your Daughter Such a Doll published in Shoreline of Infinity. Eugen M. Bacon’s Ivory’s Story published by Newcon Press.The winners will be announced during this year’s Eastercon, “ConFusion,” which will be heldfrom 2—5 April 2021.

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