Continuing in the spirit of the Afrofuturism season at The Watershed, here the last of the interviews with Caribbean writers that I have in the can from Ujima. This one is with Tobias S. Buckell and was done around the time Hurricane Fever hit the streets.

The book is quite significant for Tobias because it touches on some of the reasons that caused him to leave the Caribbean and settle in the USA. We cover this in the interview. Another thing we talk about a lot is the origin of the character, Prudence Jones, who is a Bond-like secret agent working for a united Caribbean government. Tobias also goes into the future history that he developed to explain how that political union of the islands came to happen. We may have taken Karen Lord’s name in vain…

Towards the end of the interview Tobias talks about how he got to be a successful writer despite the fact that he suffers quite badly from dyslexia. It is a remarkable story of determination and well worth a listen.