{"id":10228,"date":"2010-06-03T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2010-06-03T11:00:31","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T18:00:31","slug":"put-some-nonfiction-in-that-fiction-asap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=10228","title":{"rendered":"Put Some Nonfiction In That Fiction ASAP!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nnedi Okorafor has a new book out — Who Fears Death<\/em> — which Karnithia will tell you is amazing. I may force her to post more about it later. But first I wanted to point to the most recent entry on Nnedi’s blog<\/a> where she talks about her first book signing and the reactions she encountered from some members of the audience.<\/p>\n

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…during the question and answer portion of it, I was basically accosted by ironically my own people, African academics (who had NOT read the book).<\/p>\n

Apparently, it’s a no no to mix African cultures in a future Africa. When I reiterated that Who Fears Death is a mix of traditional African Lit, science fiction, and fantasy of a magical realist persuasion, there was more harrumphing and scowling.<\/p>\n

Oh and I’m supposed write a female circumcision scene that happens in the future exactly like how it would happen in the present. I must write “nonfiction fiction” instead of “realism-inspired\/realism-infused\/haunted fiction”.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I call shenanigans on that. While I understand the need for fiction that represents Africa today in a way that is not sketchy or from a colonial perspective and whatnot, that is not a requirement of writers who write speculative fiction. Having a strong basis in what is<\/em> does not mean that they always have to write “nonfiction fiction” as Nnedi puts it. Arg, such viewpoints bug me.<\/p>\n

And it seems to me that it’s usually writers of color who are herded into writing this kind of fiction. Am I off in thinking so?<\/p>\n

Anyway, go read the whole entry, as it is very thought-provoking.<\/p>\n

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