Afrofuturism Stories

A Future You Never Imagined! What happens when humanity is forced to return to where it all began? Seeds of Ubuntu is a gripping tale of survival, unity, and reinvention, chronicling the extraordinary migration back to Africa after climate and technological disasters reshape the world. It's a story of culture, resilience, and the surprising ways a fractured world finds healing in its origins.

ÀKÓKÒ WA means 'Our Time'. At **ObaTech Institute**, 9 students compete in Nigeria's magical Cultural Tournament. **Zara, Emir, and Tolu** must use heart, music, and history to beat cheaters using ShadowTech. With the **EYE OF ANCESTORS** watching, only truth can win **The Golden Calabash**. *History is the future we choose to tell.*

An African-French Fantasy. When shadows from the Land of the Dead threaten Portvie, 16-year-old Vivant discovers she's the Gardienne du Entre - the Guardian Between Life and Death. With a glowing Thorn Ring, a talking canoe, and ancestors at her side, Vivant must stop Queen Nocturne before darkness swallows her kingdom. It's Moana meets Black Panther with music, magic, and family.

**February 4th, 2024 Tevun-Krus #119 - AfroFuturism 2** We first tackled AfroFuturism in 2020 for TK76. Now we're taking on the subgenre once again! AfroFuturism combines traditional African art, architecture, cultures and values (and that of the African diaspora) with the sheer wonder that is our shared science-fiction future! In more recent years, there's been a divide between "AfroFuturism" and "AfricanFuturism"-where the former term has increasingly been applied to works about or by the African diaspora and the latter restricted to the African continent. The Ooorah Mothership has taken a stance of inclusivity, so we welcome stories from both branches of this subgenre.

A poor waitress joins an intergalactic beauty pageant, after being recruited by a charming fashion designer. With hopes to win the grand prize for her ailing grandparents, she has no idea that her new partner is actually a disowned billionaire looking to earn fashion notoriety and his parent's approval.

Ashes of Nyota is about a girl who inherits a mistake she didn't make. Aseye lives on Nyota, a land that remembers everything. The songs. The wars. The love that once ruined it. When strange power begins to wake inside her, she learns the truth no one wanted passed down: the world didn't break by accident. It broke because two people loved each other when they weren't supposed to. Now the same pattern is forming again. Aseye is caught between friendship and desire, between staying loyal and wanting more. The past keeps pulling at her, asking her to finish what it started. Everyone has an opinion about what she should do. No one has to live with the consequences but her. This is a story about history repeating itself, about how love can be dangerous, and about a girl trying-desperately-not to become the reason everything burns again.

A mission-driven AI seeks out its target: an evasive twenty-something woman struggling in the city of tomorrow. As both seek their true desire, they grapple with the balance of love and duty. This is an excerpt from my new book out now, Awaken. If you like what you read, consider supporting the full book at aaronbarron.com. Awaken is a collection of sci-fi short-stories that spans time and space. I welcome feedback, critique, and any comments!

Wally only has ten seconds to save the world

By Krystian Simms In a city built on lies, truth is a threat. When the streets of Solara start forgetting-parents losing their children's names, elders slipping into silence, memories unraveling like thread-the world blames disease. But seven chosen souls know the truth: the city's drowning in deception, and the cost is human consciousness itself. Gifted by the Sun God, armed with intrusive memories and righteous fire, witches, prophets, tarot readers, and urban mystics rise up to fight back. They're not warriors-they're truth-tellers. And in a world where too much truth can kill, every revelation comes with a price. Among them: Mercy, a vegan witch who throws the Tower card on a city she refuses to lie for. Zaire, an autistic prophet held hostage by the government for seeing destinies in birth charts. Malik, the child with fire in his veins and visions that could scorch the system. Layla, healing others while mourning the man who called her the wrong name. And the Circle-who refuse to forget, even as the world tries to erase them. But now, something worse is coming. Not erasure. Replacement. They don't just want your mind. They want to rewrite your memory, your truth-your soul. This is not dystopia. This is now. The Memory War is a raw, gritty, spellbinding journey through urban magic, spiritual warfare, neurodivergence, and the power of remembrance. For fans of Octavia Butler, N.K. Jemisin, and those who know that truth still matters-even when it burns.

Have at these plots, the credit doesn't matter as long as you do them justice and keep my main female leads black. Much love

Noir Hound is the kind of man you whisper about but never see coming. Clad in a vantablack damask tracksuit and driving a weaponized vintage Duesenberg, he's the owner of elite businesses by day-assassin of dishonor by night. He's not just taking out mafia bosses who broke the old codes; he's rewriting the rules of power, pleasure, and vengeance. With a circle of galactic Black women who move like shadows and strike like lightning, Noir is on a mission deeper than revenge-one steeped in ancient codes, ancestral secrets, and the art of leisure as rebellion. For Noir, killing isn't the job. It's the intermission between cigars, symphonies, and seduction.

The Gun Story is a hybrid police-drama meets spiritual-mythic allegory, exploring how centuries-old legacies of colonialism and arms trading reverberate through a single family in contemporary London. When teenaged Daniel is arrested with a gun, his mother Idia a high-powered barrister intends to defend him by every legal means. Yet three deities (Chuku, Atia, and Ogun) descend into her flats, projecting visions of Benin Kingdom glory, war-torn landscapes, and Daniel's future as a convicted murderer. Each vision implicates Idia and her husband Kayode in a wider moral crisis: their cultural dislocation has left them ill-prepared to shield Daniel from forces beyond London's courts. In the end, Idia must bridge her professional skills with her ancestral heritage. The play's final moments Daniel's innocence claimed, yet Ogun's stern warning to return to the village underscore a central question: Can modern life alone deliver a justice, or must one also reclaim spiritual and cultural identity to disrupt cycles of violence and bias.

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The 10,000-Year Simulation is Cracking. ​In the heart of Calabar, Nigeria, a 26-year-old technician named John makes a discovery that changes the physics of the planet: The African mind is not "developing"-it is being managed. ​For centuries, a global network of "Managers" has used a low-frequency broadcast of debt, "Nursery" education, and spiritual distraction to keep the Heirs of Kolob from accessing their primary hardware. But the timer has hit zero. ​Armed with the Accurate Math of the Great Zimbabwe and the "Rich Dad" formulas of sovereign wealth, John begins to broadcast the Unified Source Code. From the desert tents of Gaddafi to the revolutionary fire of Thomas Sankara, the ghosts of the ancestors are waking up to help John delete the "Slave Software" once and for all. ​This is not just a story. It is a tactical manual for the Seventh Sun. It is a decryption key for the 10,000-year mystery. It is the end of the "Welfare" era and the beginning of the Empire of the Soil. ​Key Features of the Book: ​The Kolob Ratio: Discover why one day in the heavens is a thousand years of struggle on Earth. ​The Bio-Signal: Learn why melanin is the ultimate solar-conductor for cosmic data. ​The Wealth Compass: A guide to reclaiming the gold of the ancestors through financial sovereignty. ​The 50/50 Pulse: How to master the digital markets and out-calculate the Managers' AI.

> A signal from Lake Victoria. A code hidden in the stars. The future begins in Africa. From the quiet shores of Ikuza Island in Lake Victoria to the blazing heart of Sagittarius A, a young man unlocks the most hidden secret of the universe-Element X, the code of creation itself. But every discovery has a price. Ancient African legacies, secret societies, and cosmic powers collide as Amani Kato journeys across Earth and beyond: from Congo's forbidden stones to the pyramids of Giza, from the storms of Jupiter to the black holes at the center of the Milky Way. The Black Codes is a saga of invention, betrayal, and destiny-where technology is not just machines, but life itself. 🌍 An African-rooted sci-fi epic. ⚡ A battle for the soul of the future. 🌌 A universe where myth meets science. Do you dare decode the future?

Collected Tevun-Kruss short stories from 2024.

In Oculus, a new precedent has been set following the inception of fempires (empires led by non-men). As this precedent set in, King Jonathon Vulgari rose to power. Now in his 18th year of terror, his daughter is suited to take a husband. Yet, all Hillary Okoro wants is to know where her mother Winnie is. At the same time, there is a subplot against Elwin Hughston (née Okoro). When he meets Zola, a whirlwind romance brings Elwin closer to his mother's captor. In this action-packed fantasy novel, there will be love, there will be hate, there will be trauma, there will be triumph, there will be chaos, and there will be magic.

A story based on the music of Jimi Hendrix, music and afrofuturisic philosophies of Sun Ra, and (loosely based on) my life. Follow Nine and his friends, known as the Odd Squad as they travel through the galaxy and learn the secrets of his family, the Voodoo Children, and the Gypsy Woman.

After The Infinity War, Shuri is Queen. She does not want to be, but in a post-apocalypse full of violent raids, Wakanda needs its protector. She's seek's her ancestor's counsel in the Spirit Realm.

A bizarre twist of fate flips the story: kidnappers are kidnapped before they reach their target - and now they have a price on their heads. In this fiery letter, Chizi reflects on irony, justice, and the mysterious force we call currency. This is a reminder that sometimes, when life hits reverse, it's trying to move us forward.