Why Marlon James Decided to Write an African “Game of Thrones”

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I've been procrastinating for years on writing and want to get back on it. We definitely need more black authors doing fiction other than hood shyt.

AGREED!!!

we need to flood the market with that shyt... Got too many chicks reading these hood books...

 

[Rozay Oro]

The books about sexual exploration/liberation in Europe, among other things.
All of them, including the narratives. It is what it is with Baldwin, but shouldn’t preclude his greatness.

How? All his books are on sexuality? I thought breh was just an activist and author

 

[Dr. Acula]

You have evidence?

You didn't know James Baldwin is gay?

This isn't like a he said she said type of thing. He was legit gay. MLK went out of his way not to have anything to do with him and Bayard Rustin because of his disagreement with homosexuality .

 

[Rozay Oro]

You didn't know James Baldwin is gay?

This isn't like a he said she said type of thing. He was legit gay

I didn't know that

 

[invalid]

I didn't know that

This is a well known fact. More than a few of his books are homoerotic.

This isn't like a he said she said type of thing. He was legit gay. MLK went out of his way not to have anything to do with him and Bayard Rustin because of his disagreement with homosexuality .

I didn’t know MLK didn’t mess with Baldwin like that. Knew about the Rustin issues but Baldwin wasn’t even an activist like that.

I remember seeing a doc where Baldwin mentioned being deeply moved by Malcolm X and his movement and said he cried when he was assassinated.

 

[Rozay Oro]

This is a well known fact. More than a few of his books are homoerotic.



I didn’t know MLK didn’t mess with Baldwin like that. Knew about the Rustin issues but Baldwin wasn’t even an activist like that.

I remember seeing a doc where Baldwin mentioned being deeply moved by Malcolm X and his movement and said he cried when he was assassinated.

What about his other non homo books?
Interesting

 

[Brer Dog]

Has anybody finished reading it yet? Did he sneak in any gay shyt?

 

[MischievousMonkey]

Lol. Gay African mythology

He wouldn't dare bring his bullshyt in the continent though.

 

[invalid]

Lol. Gay African mythology

He wouldn't dare bring his bullshyt in the continent though.

He said some tribes had 15 genders. Is this true?

 

[Ezra]

He said some tribes had 15 genders. Is this true?

Has anybody finished reading it yet? Did he sneak in any gay shyt?

He didnt sneak it in. There homosexual stuff all over the book. Bascially they all fukk anyone and everyone, man, women, shapeshifters ect.

I couldnt finish the book. He was way too complicated. The gay and multiple gender shyt didnt bother me. Some of you need to grow up. WGAF if there are gay characters. I couldnt finish because this book is really high fantasy and I just couldnt follow it. Too complicated for me.

I loved his previous book A Brief History of Seven Killings It's about the CIA trying to kill Bob Marley and the Jamaican gang in 70s New York. It's hard to read too, becasue most of it is in Patois, but once you get used to it, it goes fast.

 

[DPresidential]

He's one of my favorite writers.

Book of Night Women was

 

[feelosofer]

Cool, African Fantasy Fiction is an underserved niche.

 

[King Harlem]

I just started this book.

 

[MischievousMonkey]

He said some tribes had 15 genders. Is this true?

It doesn't even mean anything. To the LGBT community, dressing a certain way or doing a particular activity means "identifying with a gender". When you look at groups in the past through this biased and convoluted lense, any social category can be considered "a gender". Gripes of an anachronic agenda.

What I can say is that I don't know of any tribe that was confused as far as who's a man and who's a woman.

Another thing that I noticed is how much Christianism and Islam are designated as the originators of a homophobic sentiment in Africa, without any consideration for all the testimonies of African people still deeply entrenched in traditional beliefs clearly showing they hold and held the same views.

 

[fckyoupayme]

I couldn’t make it through this novel and I love Fantasy. It was too graphic and confusing. And yes, there are gay characters but that’s not the issue with this book.