Sarah Summers, Compiler, Kelly Eve Koopman, Compiler
2022
Our Move Next is an African speculative fiction anthology offering catharsis, cautionary tales, hidden hopes, spiritual beliefs or dreams of the future, past or parallel present . We do not pursue false positives or encourage overt optimism at the prospect of building out of the systemic ruins we find ourselves living within. We come into the work of imagining anew, coming with all we have been and everything we carry, and collectively, courageously visioning with and through it. The contributions offered in this book reflect a pervasiveness of speculative fiction interpretations that focus on exploring ancestral connections, spiritual alternative realities, and the generational interrelations between progeny and ancestry from varied African perspectives. We have come to understand the work as possible digital folklore. Across the stories, the presence of the spiritual realm, the ancestral plane and new mythologies with touches of science fiction emerge as paramount, The painful and occasionally healing excavation of intergenerational legacies may hopefully imbue the current moment with compassion and momentum towards futures of our own imaginings. We hope this offering finds a home in the hearts, hard drives and ethereal playgrounds of those who have been building the world, fighting injustice and soothing historic hurts.
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