Awards Summary
Awards Won: 2
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 23
Hugo Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(1 nomination)
“A Dream of Electric Mothers” (Africa Risen)
— novelette — nomination
Nebula Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations)
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (DAW; Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
“Saturday's Song” (Lightspeed May 2023)
— novelette — nomination
“A Dream of Electric Mothers” (Africa Risen)
— novelette — nomination
(1 nomination)
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (DAW; Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
British Fantasy Awards —
for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(2 nominations)
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (DAW)
— fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination
Mothersound: The Sau�tiverse Anthology (Android)
— anthology — nomination
(6 nominations)
Unquiet on the Eastern Front (Subterranean Oct 2024)
— short fiction — nomination
Convergence Problems (DAW)
— collection or anthology — nomination
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
Mothersound: The Sau�tiverse Anthology (Android)
— collection or anthology — nomination
“Prisoners in the Temple of the Muses” (Ancillary Review of Books 17 Aug 2023)
— nonfiction (short) — nomination
“Preliminary Observations from an Incomplete History of African SFF” (SFWA.org 1 Jun 2022)
— nonfiction — nomination
Ignyte Awards —
for SF/F/H that celebrates vibrancy and diversity; committee and popular vote
(2 nominations)
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (DAW)
— adult novel — nomination
“Preliminary Observations from an Incomplete History of African SF” (SFWA)
— creative nonfiction — nomination
Locus Awards —
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(5 nominations)
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (DAW; Gollancz)
— first novel — 3rd place
Mothersound: The Sau�tiverse Anthology (Android)
— anthology — 10th place
“A Dream of Electric Mothers” (Africa Risen)
— novelette — 3rd place
“An Arc of Electric Skin” (Asimov's Sep/Oct 2021)
— short story — 10th place
Africanfuturism (Brittle Paper)
— anthology — 2nd place
(1 nomination; 1 win)
“Blowout” (Analog Jul/Aug 2023)
— short story — winner
(1 nomination; 1 win)
“Dreams of Electric Mothers” (Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction)
— short form — winner (tie)
(1 nomination)
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (DAW; Gollancz)
— shortlist