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[[Cyberpunk]], and lots of it. At best, [[Post Cyber Punk]]. The reason for its use is likely due to Cyberpunk becoming a discredited trope when it takes place in any other part of the world. Despite this application of the setting, and probably due to the stereotypes of Africa's climate, [[Cyberpunk with a Chance of Rain]] is not so common with this trope.
Contrast [[Afrofuturism]], which looks at Africa through a black cultural lens and, if not always optimistic, at least tries to avoid the stereotypes.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[The Ear, the Eye and the
* In ''[[Otherland]]'' the [[Post Cyber Punk]] applies to everywhere in the world, but notable is that Renie and !Xabbu are from Durban, South Africa.
* Jon Courtenay Grimwood's ''Ashraf Bey'' books are set in an alternate universe North Africa. As cyberpunk as it gets.
* The Watekni subculture in a [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] Kenya in [[Ian McDonald]]'s ''[[Chaga]]''.
* ''Zoo City'' is a [[Cyberpunk]] novel with fantasy elements set in South Africa. It has an endorsement from [[William Gibson]] himself and has the same kind of grey market protagonist that Gibson's novels favor.
* [[Alastair Reynolds]]'
* Most of [[Nnedi Okorafor]]'s books take place in a technologically updated future or alternate universe Africa that is also a [[Magical Land]]. Some examples are ''Zahrah the Windseeker'', ''[[The Shadow Speaker]]'', and ''[[Who Fears Death]]''.
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