Archive · 4 Sep 2025
African Science Fiction Explores Climate Change Futures
A new book called African Climate Futures looks at how stories from Africa imagine what life might be like as the climate changes.
The author, Carl Death, studies these stories to understand how they challenge ideas about climate change.
These stories offer different perspectives, like who the heroes and villains might be in these changed worlds.
The book highlights works from various African authors.
The author believes that stories can show us new ways of living and offer solutions to the climate crisis.
These stories can help us see the world differently and imagine how to build better futures.
The book explores how African science fiction addresses climate change and imagines new ways of living.
The author analyzes various African science fiction stories to examine their implications for climate strategies.
The stories are set in altered African presents or futures.
They question ideas of heroes and villains in climate change, including how we share cities.
The book emphasizes the political power of stories and the urgency to address climate change.
- Who
- Carl Death, author and International Politics scholar.
- What
- A book analyzing how African science fiction addresses climate change.
- When
- Not explicitly stated.
- Where
- Africa
- Why
- To explore how African science fiction can offer new perspectives on climate change and potential solutions.
- Book Title
- African Climate Futures
- Author
- Carl Death
- Focus
- African science fiction's approach to climate change
- Settings Explored
- Africa, in an altered present or future
- Themes
- Politics, ecology, time, and place