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I'm a writer and filmmaker. My books include Where Rivers Go To Die, which was shortlisted for the Philip K Dick Awards (2024), and The Future God of Love. I was shortlisted for the BSFA Awards (2021), the Nommo Awards for Best Novella (2021), and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (2013), among many accolades. His short fiction appeared in The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Six, and in The Best of World SF V.2, among many anthologies. My first film, The Felistas Fable (2013), was nominated for Best First Feature by a Director at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (2014). My short masterpiece, What Happened in Room 13 (2007), has attracted over eight million views on YouTube. Other notable films include The Sound of One Leg Dancing (2011), which won The Jury Award at the Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival (2012), and Her Broken Shadow (2017), which screened at festivals like Durban International Film Festival and American Film Institute's New African Film Festival.