Book description
The stunning, new collection from the Ugandan master of Africanfuturism.
A young teen, haunted by the ghost of his father, takes it upon himself to save his brother and his people from a warlord's marauding army. A frustrated detective is driven to the brink, confronting the vengeful spirit killing grooms…
Why read it?
2 authors picked Where Rivers Go to Die as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Dilman Dila’s Philip K. Dick Award finalist collection is an Afrocentric medley, a penetrating, and cross-genre assortment of stories that explore African spirituality through fantasy and technology, war-torn settings, and permeations of science and witchcraft.
Casting back to Dila’s own filmmaking expertise, the stories in Where Rivers Go to Die have a high affinity for cinematic adaptation.
From Eugen's list on The best Afrocentric short story collections in speculative fiction.
This collection of black speculative fiction with its Afrocentric cover in ochre and clay is an invitation to award-winning author and filmmaker Dilman Dila’s vision for a future Africa that borrows from the intrinsic tradition of oral storytelling.
It canvases Dila’s diverse characters, vivid settings, and rich language in a cross-genre assortment. This book blends fantasy, science fiction, and horror in war stories, detective stories, futuristic stories, and superstition that resurrect ancestral heroes and empower everyday people in the village.
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