“Yat Madit”

Title“Yat Madit”
Year for Search2020
AuthorsDila, Dilman(b. 1977)
Secondary AuthorsTalabi, Wole(b. 1986)
Secondary TitleAfricanfuturism: An Anthology
Pagination16-28
Date Published2020
PublisherBrittle Paper
Place Published[Madison, WI]
KeywordsMale author, Ugandan author
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A complex little story told by a young woman when the man she thought of as her father is released from thirty years in prison. He had been the corrupt, murderous dictator of the country and intends to run for local office, but the country is now governed through a set of algorithms, the Yat Madit, that she is afraid he intends to undermine. 

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2020 Dila, Dilman (b. 1977). “Yat Madit.” Africanfuturism: An Anthology. Ed. Wole Talabi ([Madison, WI]: Brittle Paper, 2020), 16-28. Free download

A complex little story told by a young woman when the man she thought of as her father is released from thirty years in prison. He had been the corrupt, murderous dictator of the country and intends to run for local office, but the country is now governed through a set of algorithms, the Yat Madit, that she is afraid he intends to undermine. Ugandan author.