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THE BEST AFRICAN FANTASY MOVIES (That I Know of)

By Kirk A. Johnson on 08/08/2012 • ( 0 )

I am an Afro/African-Caribbean who loves fantasy, or to be more precise High-fantasy, Heroic-fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, as well as Sword & Soul. Even the movies that I hold dear are fantasy adventures with swords, wizards, and monsters. My dad… Read More ›
The Gongberou King: artist Wayne Parker

By Kirk A. Johnson on 01/10/2011 • ( 18 )

An excerpt from: “In the Wake of Mist” There, before him stood a massive gongberou lumbering from the shadows dripping foam from its ghastly snout. The brute stood three spears tall from foot to crest. The stained bones of men and beast… Read More ›
My Treasures

By Kirk A. Johnson on 08/16/2010 • ( 2 )

I’ve been an enthusiast of the sword ever since the mid 90’s and a lover of books since I was a child. And further pursued these two contradictions in my adulthood. Even when life pitched unrelenting obstacles into my otherwise smooth… Read More ›
THE HISTORIES OF MBOR & GAABAR- Chapter 4

By Kirk A. Johnson on 08/15/2010 • ( 2 )

THE XAFTAAN WAR
Launched by the Xaftaan buur (king), Daagulen-Tam Dinga, looking to expand his kingdom north across the sea and south into Daehan lands. This was also the time of the first and only ma’andjan (tall-king) of the Seven City-states, Adama Dio.