TY - ABST T1 - “Laartammer” Y1 - 2021 A1 - J[ulia] S[muts] Louw ED - Rachel Zadok (b. 1972) ED - Karina Magdalena Szczurek ED - Jason Myki Snyman KW - Female author KW - South African author AB -

As a result of the devastating drought produced by climate change, South Africa has introduced water rationing and a one-child policy. The story is told from the viewpoint of a Laatlammer, or late lamb a child born long after its siblings, whose existence has to be hidden.

JF - Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa PB - Short Story Day Africa CY - Np SN - 978-1-946395-57-3 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Static" Y1 - 2021 A1 - Alithnayn Abdulkareem ED - Rachel Zadok (b. 1972) ED - Karina Magdalena Szczurek ED - Jason Myki Snyman KW - Female author KW - Nigerian author AB -

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.

JF - The Johannesburg Review of Books VL - 5.3 SN - 9781946395573 UR - [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 N1 -

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.

ER - TY - ABST T1 - Sister, Sister Y1 - 2013 A1 - Rachel Zadok (b. 1972) KW - Female author KW - South African author AB -

Much of the novel is set in contemporary South Africa, but some is set in a near future dystopia after the end of oil.

PB - Kwela Books CY - Cape Town, South Africa U4 -

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