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Convergence Problems is a new short story collection from award-winning, Nebula-nominated Nigerian author Wole Talabi.
Containing brand-new stories rewrites of early work, and a few previously published pieces, Wole Talabi's new collection, Convergence Problems, consists of sixteen short stories and one previously unseen novella. All of the stories in this…
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Lovers of Afrocentric collections of short stories will savour Wole Talabi’s second collection of short stories, following the Yoruba mythology in his first collection, Incomplete Solutions.
Convergence Problems brings its own vein of African-hued stories with an eye to the future and how technology and belief can shape our lives.
From Eugen's list on Afrofuturistic books in speculative fiction.
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