The Sound of One Leg Dancing

Dilman Dila

dilmandila@video.ploud.jp

Dilman Dila is a Ugandan writer and filmmaker of science fiction stories. He has been shortlisted for the BSFA Awards (2021), the Nommo Awards (2022), and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (2013), among many writing accolades. His short fiction have appeared in Africa Risen, The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Six, and in The Best of World SF V.2, among other anthologies. His films have won multiple awards. The short masterpiece, What happened in Room 13 (2007), has over eight million online views, while The Felistas Fable (2013) was nominated for Best First Feature by a Director at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2014. You can watch his films and read some of his stories on his https://www.patreon.com/dilstories

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The Sound of One Leg Dancing

In a desperate search for happiness, a Nepali girl who loses her leg to a fire accident, facing stigma and family rejection, dares to compete in a national dance competion.

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