This exciting double bill of African sci fi in literature and film is taking place at the Southbank Centre. Hosted by The Collective Word, which campaigns for literary equality, the first event, Universal Mind Control, looks at how literature and poetry addresses the African diaspora cosmology and futuristic worlds while Parable of the Talents explores sci fi movies and tries to unpick what is African sci fi. Words of Colour’s executive director Joy Francis, award-winning novelist and The Collective Word founder Courttia Newland and Toyin Agbetu will chair the events with leading artists, including the UK’s first black female sci fi author Tosin Coker, author and Granta contributor Biram Mboob, playwright Oladipo Agboluaje, and award-winning animator Kibwe Tavares (Robots of Brixton).
Date: 20 November 2012
Time: Universal Mind Control (6.30pm-7.45pm); Parable of the Talents (8pm-9pm)
Venue: Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
Price: Free (but ticket required incurring an online transaction fee of £1.75 or £2.75 if by phone)
Booking: Visit here
Tel: 0844 847 9910