Omenana to Infinity

Chinelo Onwualu and I started Omenana magazine in 2014 to give writers of speculative fiction from Africa and the African diaspora a platform run by people who understand the world they are coming from.

When we started, we didn't know the platform would become what it became and we remain immensely grateful for the writers who send their stories to us.

We have published people from across the continent and beyond. For a magazine that started life as a conversation between two people that share a love for the speculative, that's something we are proud of.

The magazine continues to hold immense promise for growth, one that we hope to tap into and expand our reach and perhaps influence.

We've always wanted Omenana to be a physical entity, a book, or a magazine. The kind you hold and feel the texture of the leaves and the tingly scent of fresh paper and ink.

Even when designing the downloadable e-magazine, we took care of dimensions and content placement, such that today, you can take a pdf of Omenana to the press and get a perfectly designed hard copy.

Another dream was to have a yearly anthology of selected stories from the four editions we had planned for each year.

There is that thing that is said about dreams – as long as you keep having them, they will eventually come to fruition. Well, this belief in dreams coming true perhaps (which I just made up) truthfully refers to our dream to have an Omenana anthology, which came true enough for you to be holding it in your hands today as an ebook.

The stories in this anthology are as diverse as their authors are and should give anyone just discovering the richness of Africa's speculative fiction community a fine idea of what we have to offer.

Omenana till infinity!

Mazi Nwonwu


REVIEWS
"Omenana magazine stands as one of the foundation platforms for African SF and this anthology is a fantastic cross-section of the excellent works they have published."
– Ivor W. Hartmann


Contents:
∙ A SHORT HISTORY OF MIGRATION IN FIVE FRAGMENTS OF YOU – Wole Talabi
∙ THE 4:15 APPOINTMENT – Rafeeat Aliyu
∙ THE MARRIAGE PLOT – Tendai Huchu
∙ THE COMPANY – Sanya Noel
∙ OF TARTS AND NEW BEGINNINGS – Suyi Davies Okungbowa
∙ WHAT IF I FALL – Anne Dafeta
∙ ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA – Nerine Dorman
∙ THE THIRD SET OF STITCHES – Ray Mwihaki
∙ MEMENTO MORI – Tiah Marie Beautement
∙ SIN EATER – Chikodili Emelumadu
∙ UNDERWORLD 101 – Mame Diene
∙ THE ENCOUNTER – Nnamdi Anyandu
∙ LOOK AT ME NOW – Sarah Norman
∙ TYPE WRITER – Rèlme Divingu
∙ MY BROTHER'S KEEPER – Mico Pisanti
∙ TINY BRAVERY – Ada Nnadị