Math and magic: Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti trilogy and its challenge to the dominance of Western science in science fiction
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DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2020.1820540
Abstract: ABSTRACT Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti series (2015–2017) weaves advanced mathematics, multi-species entanglements, and futuristic modes of communication into Africanfuturist narratives; the series’ devotion to mathematics in particular has even led to its inclusion into the Scientific… read more here.
Keywords: mathematics; science; okorafor binti; nnedi okorafor ... See more keywords
Time, Progress, and Multidirectionality in Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death
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DOI: 10.2979/reseafrilite.49.3.12
Abstract: ABSTRACT:This article examines how the novel Who Fears Death (2010) by Nnedi Okorafor rewrites the conventional narrative of time as progress and thereby offers a conception of present and future African identity that does not… read more here.
Keywords: time progress; progress; fears death; nnedi okorafor ... See more keywords