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I’ve never been able to adhere to tradition, I think, or at least I’ve never been able to do so with a recognizable amount of success or joy

— Masande Ntshanga

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I’ve always found Science Fiction to be a form that’s irrevocably linked to critiques of power and societal structures

I often feel as though our history is destined to be surprising in nature—to differentiate itself from what precedes it—and to do so increasingly, with more acceleration, as each epoch recedes into the past

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