"Static"
| Year for Search |
2021
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| Secondary Title |
The Johannesburg Review of Books
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| Author | |
| Annotation |
The story is set in a future where Earth has been devastated by climate change and the rich are leaving for space and is told from the perspective of an African woman who has been selected to immigrate to improve the diversity of the inhabitants. Her lover chooses to stay on Earth. It was the second runner up in the 2019/2020 Short Story Day Africa Prize. |
| Volume / Edition |
5.3
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| Published Date |
June 23, 2021 |
| Download citation | |
| ISBN Number |
9781946395573
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| Keywords | |
| Full Text |
2021 Abdulkareem, Alithnayn. “Static.” The Johannesburg Review of Books 5.3 (June 23, 2021). [The JRB Daily] [Exclusive] Read ‘Static’ by Alithnayn Abdulkareem, 2nd Runner-up in the 2019/20 Short Story Day Africa Prize – The Johannesburg Review of Books. Rpt. in Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa. Ed. Rachel Zadok, Karina Magdalena Szczurek, and Jason Mykl Snyman (Np: Short Story Day Africa, 2021), 15-27. PU The story is set in a future where Earth has been devastated by climate change and the rich are leaving for space and is told from the perspective of an African woman who has been selected to immigrate to improve the diversity of the inhabitants. Her lover chooses to stay on Earth. It was the second runner up in the 2019/2020 Short Story Day Africa Prize. Nigerian female author. |
| Additional Publishers |
Rpt. in Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa. Ed. Rachel Zadok, Karina Magdalena Szczurek, and Jason Mykl Snyman (Np: Short Story Day Africa, 2021), 15-27. |
| URL |
[The JRB Daily] [Exclusive] Read ‘Static’ by Alithnayn Abdulkareem, 2nd Runner-up in the 2019/20 Short Story Day Africa Prize – The Johannesburg Review of Books
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| Info Notes |
The story was the second runner up in the 2019/2020 Short Story Day Africa Prize. |
| Author Note |
Nigerian female author |