Length5h 1m
About this audiobook
Set in an alternative steampunk Nigeria, Naomi Eselojor's Africanfuturist novella is a tale of community sheltering, resistance, and technological responsibility, for fans of Nnedi Okorafor, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, and Wole Talabi.
1859, Nigeria. In the fishing village of Itu Agan, nine-year-old Alabi and his inventor father test a new steamboat prototype when a platoon of automaton soldiers raid their village. The metal invaders execute the village chief and capture Korede, Alabi's father, leaving him and his mother alone and devastated.
There is no choice but to accept the new order. All the village boys begin work as fishermen and plantation farmers as soon as they become teenagers and, for nine long years, Alabi must put the promise of invention nurtured in his childhood to rest.
When he discovers that his father Korede is alive, working for the colonizer regime, Alabi is determined to reconnect with him. After years of hard work to obtain a travel permit and with threats of his mother's imprisonment should he not return in two months, Alabi sails to the city of factories, unprepared for the resistance that is brewing and the adventure that awaits…
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.7 (14)
Includes Goodreads
GenreGeneral Fiction, Science Fiction
Length5 hrs 1 min
Narrated byJames Fouhey
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateOct 13, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Cityoffactories Intro
8Cityoffactories Chapter 7
2Cityoffactories Chapter 1
9Cityoffactories Chapter 8
3Cityoffactories Chapter 2
10Cityoffactories Chapter 9
4Cityoffactories Chapter 3
11Cityoffactories Chapter 10
5Cityoffactories Chapter 4
12Cityoffactories Epilogue
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6Cityoffactories Chapter 5
13Cityoffactories Outro
7Cityoffactories Chapter 6
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