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The fame, the wealth, the surveillance system in her body

Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase

April 11, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I started Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase sometime in early 2025. It took me until March 30, 2025 to read. Not because it was a bad book, necessarily,  but because it was a dense, hard read. There were a lot of descriptions of what was happening (even if it was just trying to get out of bed, let alone the technical parts), cultural references and even the way of speaking that was not what I was used to. The idea of a future where we […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Abused women, African futurism, afrofuturism, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopian fiction, Electronic surveillance, feminism, patriarchy, Social Themes, Tlotlo Tsamaase

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:191 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Abused women, African futurism, afrofuturism, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopian fiction, Electronic surveillance, feminism, patriarchy, Social Themes, Tlotlo Tsamaase ·
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