Africanfuturistic Cosmovision: Tricksterism in Nnedi Okorafor's Remote Control
Africanfuturistic Cosmovision: Tricksterism in Nnedi Okorafor's Remote Control

Summary/Abstract: Nnedi Okorafor's Remote Control (2021) offers a nuanced Africanfuturist narrative in which myth, magic, and technology converge to shape a speculative vision of Ghana. This paper examines the protagonist Sankofa's journey through the theoretical lens of the technological trickster, a hybrid figure drawn from African mythological traditions and speculative technoculture. Utilizing Faucheux and Lavender III's concept of tricknology, Sankofa emerges not merely as a symbolic character but as an active agent of disruption, challenging conventions surrounding race, gender, and futurity. The novella redefines traditional notions of African femininity, particularly highlighting motherhood, domesticity, and submission by centering a technologically empowered Black female figure. Ultimately, the work contributes to the expanding field of Africanfuturist literature that critiques colonial legacies and systemic injustices while offering alternative knowledge systems rooted in African cosmologies.

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