Songs for the Shadows by Cheryl S. Ntumy is the first novella in the Sauutiverse, and takes the worldbuilding done previously to weave a story of a woman fleeing a grief she never knew what to do with. I loved how the setting was brought to life in this story, and the themes really resonated with me as I navigate a grief of my own.
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Book Review – Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology
Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology (edited by Wole Talabi) is a delve into a newly created shared world, a science-fantasy playground full of big events and small victories. Following in the footsteps of anthologies like Wild Cards and Thieves’ World, authors come together to write stories in a shared setting, this time one that spans a solar system of two stars, several planets and moons, and many millenia. Sauútiverse is unique in that it is written entirely by Africans and those in the African diaspora, with the rich culture, history and mythologies of the African continent as inspiration. It’s a bold anthology that sets the stage for thousands of potential future stories.
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Writings of a Doomscribe 