***Mame Bougouma Diene*** *is a Franco–Senegalese American humanitarian living in Brooklyn, the US/Francophone spokesperson for the [African Speculative Fiction Society](https://www.africansfs.com/), a regular columnist at* Strange Horizons, *and francophone editor at* Omenana magazine. *You can find his work in both the aforementioned,* Fiyah!, EscapePod, Tor.com, AfroSFv2 & v3, Dominion, *and others. He was nominated for two Nommo Awards, and his debut collection **Dark Moons Rising on a Starless Night** (Clash Books) was nominated for the 2019 Splatterpunk Award. He tweets as [@mame_bougouma](https://twitter.com/mame_bougouma).*