· Imaro by Charles Saunders fills a big hole in the world of Fantasy. In Imaro Saunders brings to life a true, archetypal African hero. This could quite possibly be the first of its kind in western literature and it is long overdue. Imaro is an outcast, born to a mother cut loose from her tribe.5/5(4). · Charles R. Saunders. Saunders was born in in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania and emigrated to Canada in He has published science fiction and screenplays, two of which have become feature films. Saunders has also written a radio play, as well as other non-fiction works. He later worked as a journalist in Halifax, Nova Scotia and is the author 4/5. Imaro is inspired by Robert.E Howard but Charles.R Saunders is his own man with his taut prose,fascinating alternate Africa,he can also write action scenes 4/5.
Nyumbani is the Africa of a world other than the one we know #; a world in which legend and history are one and the same, as are magic and reality. The vast, diverse continent faces menace on a terrifying scale, perpetrated by the Erriten, sorcerers who seek conquest and domination for. Imaro is inspired by Robert.E Howard but Charles.R Saunders is his own man with his taut prose,fascinating alternate Africa,he can also write action scenes as well as the best in this kind of fantasy. A hidden gem. A must for every fan of SS/Heroic fantasy. This time I talk about Charles R. Saunders' "Imaro", the first book in his Imaro series, where our hero grows up and heads out into the world. Saunders seeks.
Saunders is most known for his Imaro tales chronicling an African-inspired “Conan the Barbarian” on the fictional continent of Nyumbani. Saunders also wrote of a heroine named Dossouye (separate series), amongst other characters. Imaro is a sword and sorcery novel written by Charles R. Saunders, and published by DAW Books in It may have been one of the first forays into the sword and sorcery genre by a black author. [1] Saunders wrote and had published two more books in the series, The Quest for Cush in and The Trail of Bohu in [2]. Charles Saunders' Imaro was the start of something new, the Afrocentric fantasy adventure—sword-and-soul as Saunders dubbed it.
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