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For whatever reason, Africa seems to be the one place that never gets better as time goes on. On occasion, fiction decides to shake things up. Africa doesn't necessarily get better, but it catches up technologically. What happens to places as bad as third-world Africa with an advancement in technology but no reduction in widespread poverty?
[[Cyberpunk]], and lots of it. At best, [[Post Cyber Punk]]. The reason for its use is likely due to Cyberpunk becoming a discredited trope when it takes place in any other part of the world. Despite this application of the setting, and probably due to the stereotypes of Africa's climate, [[Cyberpunk
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[The Ear, the Eye
* In ''[[Otherland]]'' the [[Post Cyber Punk]] applies to everywhere in the world, but notable is that Renie and !Xabbu are from Durban, South Africa.
* Jon Courtenay Grimwood's ''Ashraf Bey'' books are set in an alternate universe North Africa. As cyberpunk as it gets.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The South African/Canadian sci-fi series ''[[Charlie Jade]]'' involves [[Alternate Universe|three different universes]] in its storyline. One of them, the "Alphaverse", is dystopian and completely cyberpunk, including [[Cyberpunk
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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