Ekpeki, Oghenechovwe Donald
Entry updated 18 December 2023. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(? - ) Nigerian editor and author who has also punctuated his name as Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald; he began to publish work of genre interest with "The Witching Hour" in Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Stories for 23 April 2018. Most of his work can be understood as Horror, though it is clear that some traditional generic distinctions are "sorted" very differently in the Afrofuturism to which he has contributed as editor and author. His story "O2 Arena" (November 2021 Galaxy's Edge) won a Nebula as best novelette.
His first Anthology, Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora (Volume One) (anth 2020) with Zelda Knight, demonstrates the depth and range of stories identified within the terms of the Afrofuturism descriptor; it contains his novella, "Ife-lyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon", set in a world devastated by a nuclear World War Three (or perhaps a later war), which won the Otherwise Award for 2020. The anthology sequence opening with The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2021): Volume One (anth 2021) – which won a World Fantasy Award as best anthology – is designed to appear yearly. Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction (anth 2022), edited with Sheree Renée Thomas and Zelda Knight, won a Locus Award as best anthology. [JC]
see also: Fan Funds.
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
born Ughellii, Delta State, Nigeria: 19 January ?
works
collections
- Between Dystopias: The Road to Afropantheology (Rockville, Maryland: CAEZIK SF and Fantasy, 2023) with Joshua Uchenna Omenga [coll: includes some nonfiction: pb/]
works as editor
series
Year's Best African Speculative Fiction
- The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2021): Volume One (New York: Jembefola Press, 2021) [anth: ebook: Year's Best African Speculative Fiction: na/]
- The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2022) (Rockville, Maryland: Caezik SF & Fantasy, 2023) with Eugen Bacon and Milton Davis [anth: Year's Best African Speculative Fiction: pb/]
individual titles as editor
- Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora (Volume One) (Louisville, Kentucky: Aurelia Leo, 2020) with Zelda Knight [anth: hb/Henrique DLD]
- Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction (New York: Tor.com, 2022) with Sheree Renée Thomas and Zelda Knight [anth: hb/]
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