Nommo Awards
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The Nommo Awards are literary awards presented by The African Speculative Fiction Society. The 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."[1]
The Nommo Awards | |
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Awarded for | Best speculative fiction work by Africans |
Presented by | The African Speculative Fiction Society |
First awarded | 2017 |
Website | www |
The Nommo Awards have four categories: Best Novel, Novella, Short Story, and Graphic Novel, and are named after the Nommo, ancestral spirits from Dogon cosmology who take a variety of forms, including appearing on land as fish, walking on their tails.
The 2022 Nommo Awards were announced at Chicon8, the World Science Fiction Convention held in Chicago, USA. They were:
- Best Novel: Library of the Dead by T L Huchu
- Best Novella: Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
- Best Short Story: Masquerade Season by Pemi Aguda
- Best Comic or Graphic Novel: Iyanu Child of Wonder by Roye Okupe (writer) and Godwin Akpan (artist)