The African Origins of UFOs
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The African Origins Of UFOs is a book by Anthony Joseph
. Published in October 2006 by Salt Publishing
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The text is an experimental, time shifting narrative in poetic prose and poetry that contains elements of afro futurism, metafiction
, science fiction
, surrealism
, mythology
and written in an innovative language, infused with the speech rhythms of Trinidadian
dialect.
It is a hybrid text that blurs the boundaries between prose and poetry. An excerpt appeared in the anthology Dark Matter (Warner Books 2000, Ed. Sheree Thomas
)
Anthony Joseph
Anthony Joseph is a British poet, novelist, musician and lecturer.Joseph was born in Trinidad and was raised by his grandparents. He began writing as a young child and cites his main influences as the Calypso, surrealism, jazz, the spiritual Baptist church that his grandparents attended, and the...
. Published in October 2006 by Salt Publishing
Salt Publishing
Salt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched Salt Magazine in Western Australia. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry and poetics...
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The text is an experimental, time shifting narrative in poetic prose and poetry that contains elements of afro futurism, metafiction
Metafiction
Metafiction, also known as Romantic irony in the context of Romantic works of literature, is a type of fiction that self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction, exposing the fictional illusion...
, science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, surrealism
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
, mythology
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
and written in an innovative language, infused with the speech rhythms of Trinidadian
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
dialect.
It is a hybrid text that blurs the boundaries between prose and poetry. An excerpt appeared in the anthology Dark Matter (Warner Books 2000, Ed. Sheree Thomas
Sheree Thomas
Sheree Thomas also credited as Sheree R. Thomas and Sheree Renée Thomas is a writer, book editor and publisher whose Dark Matter collected the works of some of the best African American Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy writers. Authors such as Samuel R. Delany, Octavia E. Butler, Charles R...
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