abstract:

Recent works of speculative fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora portray imaginative technologies, providing a lens through which to reconsider the concept of collaboration as it relates to African historical contexts. This article analyzes depictions of collaborative technologies in the novels Nigerians in Space by Deji Bryce Olukotun (2014); The Hangman’s Replacement: Sprout of Disruption by Taona Chiveneko (2013); and Zoo City by Lauren Beukes (2011), emphasizing how the texts reflect upon histories of industrialization, mining, and bioprospecting in eastern and southern Africa. Analyzing these works, the article emphasizes how collaboration around technological projects may take unexpected forms, involve the supernatural, or have unanticipated effects. Technologies often emerge in spaces where unequal actors meet and intersect with unseen or unpredictable forces. Ultimately, forms of collaboration in these novels emphasize the aspects of loss and risk, as well as possibility, that emerge from technological projects in the context of histories of inequality and disenfranchisement.

摘要：

非洲和非洲散居非洲人最近的投机小说作品描绘了富有想象力的技术，为重新思考与非洲历史背景相关的合作概念提供了一个视角。本文分析了Deji Bryce Olukotun（2014）在小说《尼日利亚在太空》中的合作技术。Hang子手的替代： Taona Chiveneko的《破坏的新芽》（2013年）；和动物园城由Lauren Beukes（2011）着重强调，这些文字如何反映东部和南部非洲的工业化，采矿和生物勘探的历史。在分析这些作品时，文章强调了围绕技术项目的合作可能会采取意想不到的形式，涉及超自然现象或产生意想不到的效果。技术常常出现在不平等的参与者相遇并与看不见或无法预测的力量相交的空间中。最终，这些小说中的合作形式强调了在不平等和剥夺公民权的历史背景下，技术项目中出现的损失和风险以及可能性。