WILL THIS BE A PROBLEM?
The Anthology // ISSUE V
About
From across the African continent and its diaspora, Will This Be A Problem? Issue V brings together a powerful collection of stories that blend the fantastical with the deeply real. These tales explore the enduring history of colonialism, capitalism, and marginalization while grappling with present concerns like climate change and artificial intelligence. Yet, amidst these weighty themes, the anthology also offers moments of much-needed escapism into worlds of magic, myth, and the unknown.
This anthology features familiar names such as Shingai Kagunda, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Gabrielle Emem Harry, Victor Forna and Rutendo Chidzodzo. It also features returning voices to Will This Be A Problem?, Peter Nena, Kevin Rigathi, and Andrew Dakalira. And there are many new and emerging names, each bringing a unique storytelling perspective to the collection.
Defiant, illuminating and terrifying, Will This Be A Problem? Issue V presents some of the finest speculative fiction you will find anywhere.
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Afrocritik
Reviews
Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V is worth your time and money. The editors have done fabulous work selecting pieces which will entertain, transport, and engage readers. I will be looking for some of these authors, eager to see what else they do; and I hope to read more anthologies by these editors in the future—they have good taste in fiction!
Arley Sorg, Lightspeed Magazine
Collecting such a chaotic, genre-defying constellation of stories, the anthology models a form of narrative rebellion. To witness these stories is to remember that other futures are possible, that inherited ideas about order, hierarchy, and belonging can be broken. It is to read differently, to question more harshly.
Amritesh Mukherjee, Strange Horizons
To witness these stories is to dream without apology.
It’s one of those collections that’s really worth your money because of the variety in themes and styles it showcases. Expect gods and otherworldly beings, humans and superhumans; stories of families, society and culture; revenge plots; thoughts on memory and history...It’s all very exhilarating, and you should absolutely get your hands on this.
Jacqueline Nyathi, Harare Review of Books
The collection has a strong range of tales, each with gorgeous writing and twisted adventures that will leave you intrigued or terrified, or both. In the end, the collection is less of an escape, and more of a truly unique exploration.
Ann Michelle Harris, nerds of a feather, flock together
Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V narrates the current generation’s fears, hopes, and dreams, and presents them wrapped up within tales of the fantastical like banana leaves.
Soila Kenya, Journal of African Youth Literature
If there is an anthology this year that earns the right to stand not just proudly but centrally in the conversation about what African literature needs right now, it is Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V.
Frank Njugi, Afrocritik
...this is a strong anthology.
A.C. Wise, acwise.net