The Future of Storytelling in the Age of AI: A Conversation on ‘Death of the Author’
Nnedi Okorafor, novelist
Thu, 4/3 · 5:00 pm—6:30 pm · 50 McCosh Hall
Center for Digital Humanities; Humanities Council; Africa World Initiative; Program in African Studies
Please join us for a conversation with award-winning novelist of science fiction, Nnedi Okorafor, accompanied by respondent Chika Okeke-Agulu (Robert Schirmer Professor of Art and Archaeology and African American Studies; Director, Program in African Studies; Director, Africa World Initiative).
This event is free and open to the public, with a book sale and signing for Death of the Author.
Nnedi Okorafor — the global leader of Africanfuturism, and an international literary superstar — is an award-winning novelist of science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism for adults and children. Among her many works are the Binti trilogy, the Akata Witch books (both optioned for the screen), and her latest, Death of the Author, which George R.R. Martin calls, “Her best work yet… about fame, culture, the power of story, the writer’s life… and robots.” She is the author of Black Panther: Long Live the King, and she authored the spinoff graphic novel, Wakanda Forever, which became a Hollywood blockbuster. Okorafor is the winner of the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus, and Lodestar Awards. She holds a PhD in Literature, two Master’s Degrees (Journalism and Literature) and lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her daughter Anyaugo. Learn more at nnedi.com
The focus of this talk will be on Nnedi’s latest book, Death of the Author. Read more about it here.
This event is part of “Humanities for AI” — a series of projects, initiatives, and conversations from the Center for Digital Humanities that centers humanities values and approaches in the development, use, and interpretation of the field broadly known as AI. Supported by the Belknap Fund in the Humanities Council and co-sponsored by The Africa World Initiative and the Program in African Studies.
