African writers

I am home browsing my cable channels and stop at the African Channel where I'm watching, 'Behind the Words'. Nnedi Okarafor was being interviewed. She's an African science fiction writer and a Professor at Chicago University. I'm hooked. I've checked out her blog: Nnedi's Blog and plan to purchase her books. One of her favourite authors is Stephen King - that sealed the deal. Another writer I've discovered: Ngugi wa Thong'o, as referred by Nnedi. So I'm checking out his writing too.

I've always dabled in African writing but never came across any that I liked very much. But I am always fascinated with non-whites who write science fiction because it is unexpected: Nalo Hopkins, Octavia Butler -- though I haven't written any of her works -- and now Nnedi. I'm now on a discovery of African writers who write different things...and I'm going to dig up my own science fiction story set in Jamaica, far, far in the future.

Short Stories

Since 2000, I have been actively writing short stories. Rather late in life but as they say: better late than never. Some of these stories have been published in the local papers in Jamaica but more recently, I've decided to use the electronic media as a publishing aid. Kindle provided the perfect opportunity. 7 short stories, 1 collection and 1 double is available for download on Kindle. Feel free to visit the Amazon site.