“For the city yet to come”: South African speculative fiction and futurity at the urban edge
The Journal of Commonwealth Literature
Published online on February 25, 2026
Abstract
Literature, Critique, and Empire Today, Volume 61, Issue 1, Page 95-111, March 2026.
This article reads contemporary South African speculative fictions as portents of the African “city yet to come”. In Masande Ntshanga’sTriangulum, Lauren Beukes’sMoxylandandZoo City, and Muthi Nhlema’s short story, “Ta O’Reva”, vulnerable informal ...
This article reads contemporary South African speculative fictions as portents of the African “city yet to come”. In Masande Ntshanga’sTriangulum, Lauren Beukes’sMoxylandandZoo City, and Muthi Nhlema’s short story, “Ta O’Reva”, vulnerable informal ...