Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology
Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology is the first anthology of stories set in a fictional shared world based on a blend of African cultural worldviews. Edited by Locus award nominated editor Wole Talabi with contributions from around the African continent and diaspora, Sauúti is filled with wonder, mystery, and magic.
- African-based intergalactic worldbuilding
- Space travel
- Humanoid and non-humanoid creatures
- Artificial intelligence
- Intricate magic system based on sound, oral traditions, and music
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Wole Talabi is an engineer, writer, and editor from Nigeria. His stories have appeared in Asimov's, F&SF, Lightspeed, and several other publications. His fiction has been a finalist for multiple awards, including the Nebula Award, the prestigious Caine Prize, the Locus Award, the Jim Baen Memorial Award, and the Nommo Award, which he won in 2018 and 2020. He has edited three anthologies: Africanfuturism, which was nominated for the Locus Award in 2021; Lights Out: Resurrection; and These Words Expose Us. His fiction has been a finalist for multiple awards including the Nebula Award, the prestigious Caine Prize, the Locus Award, the Jim Baen Memorial Award, and the Nommo Award, which he won in 2018 and 2020.
"Mothersound: the Sauutiverse Anthology, is a rare and distinct Afrocentric treat that hums in the unity of a collective enriched with universal storytelling and the many languages of Mother Africa." -Nuzo Onoh, Queen of African Horror, and recipient of the 2022 Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award.
"The Sauútiverse is a powerful original collective concept, and this debut anthology clearly shows collaboration can create more than the sum of its parts while remaining firmly true to its African heritage and taking that boldly into the future." -Ivor W. Hartmann, writer and editor of AfroSF.
"Fantastika at its best. The Sauútiverse invites a reader to drown in a poetic world, built with a Tolkenian attention to gripping detail, and full of creatures who excite the imagination in a dream-like rollercoaster. The illustrations are works of art in themselves, adding spice to the stories, and I found myself wishing there were more paintings, more stories, and more pages to keep me up in the wee hours." -Dilman Dila, internationally acclaimed and award-winning social activist, filmmaker and author of Yat Madit stories
"The Sauútiverse is a mind-blowing, highly imaginative and deeply compelling sandbox. The wide range and excellent quality of these stories are a testament to that, offering yet another formidable trove of authors of African descent. In Mothersound, Talabi and company have offered us something seminal. This book will continue to influence the canon of Afrocentric futurisms for years to come." -Suyi Davies Okungbowa, award-winning Nigerian author of David Mogo, Godhunter and The Nameless Republic trilogy
