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Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: Machine, System, Code: Masande Ntshanga and MagalĂ Armillas-Tiseyra (EH)
Description: Building parallels between technology and the human imagination, Masande Ntshangaâs conversation with MagalĂ Armillas-Tiseyra explains how cities are like machines and how South African history resembles some of the most sinister versions of techno-futurism. Masande is the author of two novels: The Reactive, winner of a Betty Trask Award in 2018, and Triangulum, nominated for the 2020 Nommo Awards for Best Novel in 2020 by the African Speculative Fiction Society. His responses to MagalĂâs questions interweave autobiography and history, showing how when you venture into âunderwritten spacesâ in South Africa, realism starts to seem like speculation. Masande moves from playing bootleg Nintend...