Does District 9 signal the emergence of African science fiction?

Africa is not usually a continent that we associate as a source of original science fiction stories, but the recent success of the movie District 9 might change that. I wonder, though, just how popular the film was outside of South Africa and is the continent actually ready for the genre?

It's not just Africa that is thin on science fiction, but other parts of the world as well. This Guardian essay wonders why the Arab world has so few works of genre fiction.

Then there are corners of the world that you never think about only to discover that science fiction is thriving there. One such place is Croatia.

The lack of science fiction in non-white, non-American parts of the world is probably not a surprise. As science fiction became popular during its Golden Age, the future it portrayed was white and mostly American so  other parts of the world probably weren't paying much attention because the stories didn't speak to them.

Of course, that has been changing over the past several decades so that today we can point to many iconic black characters in science fiction cinema. Although, can you name a single, black African science fiction writer?