"From the Air"
| Title | "From the Air" |
| Year for Search | 2021 |
| Authors | Mbao, Wamuwi |
| Secondary Title | The Johannesburg Review of Books |
| Volume / Edition | 5.6 |
| Date Published | December 9, 2021 |
| Keywords | Male author, South African author |
| Annotation | The story is set in a future post-apocalyptic South Africa with little water and the seas retreating. The government has established containment zones that it is redeveloping for acceptable people, and the story focuses on an experiment that is supposed to be a means of finding water but is designed for an entirely different purpose. |
| URL | [Fiction Issue] ‘From the Air’, a new short story by Wamuwi Mbao – The Johannesburg Review of Books |
| Author Note | The South African author is a Lecturer in English at Stellenbosch University. |
| Full Text | 2021 Mbao, Wamuwi. “From the Air.” The Johannesburg Review of Books 5.6 (December 9, 2021) [Fiction Issue] ‘From the Air’, a new short story by Wamuwi Mbao – The Johannesburg Review of Books The story is set in a future post-apocalyptic South Africa with little water and the seas retreating. The government has established containment zones that it is redeveloping for acceptable people, and the story focuses on an experiment that is supposed to be a means of finding water but is designed for an entirely different purpose. The South African author is a Lecturer in English at Stellenbosch University. |
