Wole Talabi | |
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Born | Oluwole Talabi 28 February 1986 Warri, Delta State, Nigeria |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Other names | The Alchemist[1] |
Occupation(s) | Author, editor |
Notable work | Africanfuturism: An Anthology (2020), Shigidi: and the Brass Head of Obalufon (2023) |
Oluwole Talabi (born 28 February 1986) is a Nigerian speculative fiction writer, engineer, and editor,[1][2][3] who is considered among the Third Generation of Nigerian Writers.[4] His works include an amount of short stories; the anthologies These Words Expose Us: An Anthology (2014), Lights Out: Resurrection (2016), Africanfuturism: An Anthology (2020); his collections, Incomplete Solutions (2019) and Convergence Problems (2024); and the debut novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (2023). He was described in Scientific American as "an author who blends transhumanism and the Turing test".[5]