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Charles Robert Saunders (July 12, 1946 – May 2020) was an African-American author and journalist, a pioneer of the "sword and soul" literary genre with his Imaro novels. During his long career, he wrote novels, non-fiction, screenplays and radio plays.
Jan 21, 2021 · A Black Literary Trailblazer’s Solitary Death: Charles Saunders, 73. His speculative fiction was built on Black heroes and African themes. He died alone and unrecognized, but friends are trying...
Nov 12, 2020 · Back in April 2020, when I started planning and drafting my article on Black Fantasy writers, one of the first names I came across was Charles Robert Saunders — a former-journalist living in...
Sep 16, 2020 · Few Canadians knew about his other world. Inside, Saunders was a symphony of swords, beasts, heroes and villains, unfolding an epic adventure of an African warrior named Imaro in a world called...
Imaro is a sword and sorcery novel written by Charles R. Saunders, and published by DAW Books in 1981. It may have been one of the first forays into the sword and sorcery genre by a black author. Saunders wrote and had published two more books in the series, The Quest for Cush in 1984 and The Trail of Bohu in 1985.
Sep 4, 2020 · A tribute to the pioneering Black SF writer and founder of the “sword and soul” subgenre, who died in May 2020. Learn about his life, works, and legacy in fantasy and African culture.
Jan 1, 2008 · Charles R. Saunders, critically acclaimed author of the cult classic Imaro novels, has created yet another heroic-fantasy icon in an Africa of a different place and time. Orphaned at a young age, Dossouye becomes a soldier in the women’s army of the kingdom of Abomey.
