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ORCID
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1172-916X
Document Type
Campus Access
Degree Program
English
Degree Type
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Year Degree Awarded
2023
Month Degree Awarded
May
Keywords
epic fantasy; afrofuturism; african literature; women's fiction; african history; zimbabwe; african mythology
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/34087410
Abstract
Set in an imagined pre-colonial/ medieval southern African kingdom, A Smoke that Thunders or Godtouched is an epic fantasy novel that tracks the lives of three magical Black girls taking on the gods and the patriarchy.
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