The African Origins of UFOs
| Title | The African Origins of UFOs |
| Year for Search | 2006 |
| Authors | Joseph, Anthony |
| Date Published | 2006 |
| Publisher | Salt Publishing |
| Place Published | Cambridge, Eng. |
| Keywords | English author, Male author, Trinidadian author |
| Annotation | In the novel slaves travel to a future eutopian pre-colonial Africa. The novel, organized around twenty-four chapters, reflects Timothy Leary's (1920-96) twenty-four stages of the evolution of human consciousness modified by Ornette Coleman's (b. 1930) sense of musical progression. Much use of dialect. |
| Additional Publishers | Parts were originally published as “The African Origins of UFOs (excerpt from the novel).” Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. Ed. Sheree R. Thomas (New York: Warner Books, 2000), 312-18; and as “Hummingbird”, “The ‛doption”, “On Kunu Morn”, and “She Swan in Heaven.” Hambone, no. 18 (2006): 149-55. |
| Illustration | Illus. infinite livez |
| Holding Institutions | CaTU, PSt |
| Author Note | The author was born in Trinidad and moved to England in 1989. |
| Full Text | 2006 Joseph, Anthony. The African Origins of UFOs. Illus. infinite livez. Cambridge, Eng.: Salt Publishing with an “Introduction” by Lauri Ramey (xi-xx). Parts were originally published as “The African Origins of UFOs (excerpt from the novel).” Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. Ed. Sheree R. Thomas (New York: Warner Books, 2000), 312-18; and as “Hummingbird”, “The ‛doption”, “On Kunu Morn”, and “She Swan in Heaven.” Hambone, no. 18 (2006): 149-55. CaTU, PSt In the novel slaves travel to a future eutopian pre-colonial Africa. The novel, organized around twenty-four chapters, reflects Timothy Leary’s (1920-96) twenty-four stages of the evolution of human consciousness modified by Ornette Coleman’s (b. 1930) sense of musical progression. Much use of dialect. The author was born in Trinidad and moved to England in 1989. |
