{"title":"Innocent Ilo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInnocent Ilo\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts imaginative tales that blend speculative fiction with rich, African perspectives. Readers can expect innovative narratives that explore futuristic worlds and complex themes within the realms of sci-fi and fantasy, inviting deep reflection and wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis work captures the vibrancy of new voices in contemporary African fiction, offering fresh insights through inventive storytelling. Those drawn to thought-provoking and genre-defying short fiction will find Ilo’s writing both compelling and resonant.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"disruption-new-short-fiction-from-africa-by-najwa-bin-shatwan-9781946395573","title":"Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluding the 2022 Caine Prize winning story \u003cem\u003eFive Years Next Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e by Idza Luhumyo, the 2022 Nommo Award shortlisted story \u003cem\u003eShelter\u003c\/em\u003e by Mzobi Haimbe, and the 2023 O'Henry Prize for Short Fiction winner \u003cem\u003eMother\u003c\/em\u003e by Jacob M'hango.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis genre-spanning anthology explores the many ways that we grow, adapt, and survive in the face of our ever-changing global realities. These evocative, often prescient, stories showcase new and emerging writers from across Africa to investigate many of the pressing issues of our time: climate change, pandemics, social upheaval, surveillance, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDisruption\u003c\/em\u003e, authors from across Africa use their stories to explore the concept of change—environmental, political, and physical—and the power or impotence of the human race to innovate our way through it. From a post-apocalyptic African village in Innocent Ilo's \u003cem\u003eBefore We Die Unwritten\u003c\/em\u003e, to space colonisation in Alithnayn Abdulkareem's \u003cem\u003eStatic\u003c\/em\u003e, to a mother's attempt to save her infant from a dust storm in Mbozi Haimbe's \u003cem\u003eShelter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDisruption\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates change around and within, and our infallible capacity for hope amidst disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFacing our shared anxieties head on, these authors scrutinise assumptions and invent worlds that combine the fantastical with the probable, the colonial with the dystopian, and the intrepid with the powerless, in stories recognising our collective future and our disparate present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDisruption\u003c\/em\u003e is the newest anthology from Short Story Day Africa, a non-profit organisation established to develop and share the diversity of Africa's voices through publishing and writing workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486027170028,"sku":"9781946395573","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/0814ea71bcad8bde1380efd91aa019ea.jpg?v=1775783430"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/innocent-ilo.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}