* Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of the infringing activity and that is to be removed * A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed When her best friend, a mortal, is imprisoned by Fana's family, Fana helps her escape - and together they run away from Fana's She can read minds, and her injuries heal immediately. Meet Fana Wolde, seventeen years old, the only immortal born with the Living Blood. A small but powerful colony of immortals is distributing the blood, slowly wiping out the AIDS epidemic and other diseases around the world. But what gives Glow its power? Its main ingredient is blood - the blood of immortals. Said to heal almost any illness, it is distributed by an Underground Railroad of drug peddlers. Finally, the study highlights the feminist approach to heroism in the stated texts.Acclaimed for seven novels, ranging from supernatural thrillers to historical fiction, which have garnered her a multitude of fans and awards, Tananarive Due now imagines the story of an ancient group of immortals - a hidden African clan that has survived for more than a thousand years - facing one of the most challenging issues of our time: the AIDS/HIV pandemic.There's a new drug on the street: Glow. The study will also look into the use of science fiction and African belief systems as manifestations of people’s collective consciousness due to a shared common history amongst all Africans. The following texts ‘Black Panther’, Sundiata an Epic of Old Mali and Waiting for the Rain.will help in analysing the significance of supernatural forces in modern African mythological stories.

This study therefore seeks to show that heroism in African myths can best be understood by people in the society that produce these myths. This has led to the realisation that African belief systems can be analysed through past histories and help to interrogate the trauma of Africans and Africa’s past. Afrofuturism postulation has given critics new scopes of looking at African mythology as functional stories that reflect on Africans’ belief systems. This is due to the contention that supernatural powers strip away heroism from the stories. Eurocentric studies of African stories show that African stories with supernatural intervention are canonised as non-heroic stories due to western misconceptions that the presence of supernatural powers render the stories non-heroic.

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