Moustapha Mbacké Diop is a medical doctor and speculative fiction writer from Dakar, Senegal. His writing aims to explore grief, African spirituality, and colonialism, among other themes, through a darker speculative lens.
His short fiction appears in both English and French across venues including Omenana, The Dark, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Haven Spec, Fractured Lit, as well as anthologies like Africa Risen, The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction: Volume 1, Blackened Roots: An Anthology of The Undead, Sauúti Terrors. His Africanfuturist story "Blackwater Children" was shortlisted for the Nommo Awards 2024 in the Best Short Story category.
He is an alumnus of the CANEX Creative Writing Workshop 2025 in Algeria, and tweets under @mdmoustaf
Teranga Chronicles est le récit de Fadilou, un jeune homme se retrouvant propulsé dans une guerre ancestrale opposant djinns et métamorphes lions, avec les génies tutélaires des villes du Sénégal (et d'ailleurs) étant tantôt alliés, tantôt ennemis.
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Magic is dying. It's up to a slave boy, a dignitary, a hot-headed princess, and a shady shapeshiter to find the shards of the artifact that can revive it. Will they survive the beasts, colonizers, and evil spirits hellbent on stopping them?
Promises of Dark Gold is a YA Historical Fantasy novel rooted in Senegalese and West African mythology, perfect for fans of Roseanne A. Brown, Nnedi Okorafor, and Akwaeke Emezi.
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