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Nnedi Okorafor, Other Writers Win 2017 Nommo Awards At Ake Festival

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The winners of the 2017 Nommo Awards were announced at the Ake Festival in Abeokuta, Nigeria reports  TOR.COM . Members of the African Speculative Fiction Society voted on the awards based on a Short List of nominees announced in April of this year. Congratulations to the nominees and winners! The Nommo Awards recognize works of speculative fiction by Africans, defined as “science fiction, fantasy, stories of magic and traditional belief, alternative histories, horror and strange stuff that might not fit in anywhere else.” The nominees and winners: Best Novel · Azanian Bridges by Nick Wood · Azotus, The Kingdom by Shadreck Chikoti · Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett · Rosewater by Tade Thompson · Taty Went West by Nikhil Singh The winner * Rosewater by Tade Thompson Best Novella · Binti by Nnedi Okorafor · The Flying Man of Stone by Dilman Dila · Hell Freezes Over by Mame Bougouma Diene · The Last Pantheon by Tade Thompson and Nick Wood · Ta O’Reva