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‘The great African novel of the 21st century’: Namwali Serpell wins Arthur C Clarke award – The Guardian
The Old Drift takes prestigious science fiction award with what judges called ‘an extraordinary saga that spans eras from Cecil Rhodes to Rhodes Must Fall’
Namwali Serpell has won the UKs top prize for science fiction, the Arthur C Clarke award, for her first novel The Old Drift, which judges described as stealth sci-fi.
The Zambian authors debut tells the stories of three families over three generations, moving from a colonial settlement by Victoria Falls at the turn of the 20th century, to the 1960s as Zambia attempts to send a woman to the moon, and into the near future. A mix of historical fiction, magical realism and sci-fi, Serpell saw off c…
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