1 9 2 0 ▁in ▁science ▁fiction ▁▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁in ▁science ▁fiction ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : S cience ▁fiction ▁by ▁year ▁* ▁science - f iction <0x0A> </s> ▁Helen ▁N ont ando ▁( N oni ) ▁J ab av u ▁( 2 0 ▁August ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁– ▁ 1 9 ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 8 ) ▁was ▁a ▁South ▁African ▁writer ▁and ▁journalist , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁African ▁women ▁to ▁purs ue ▁a ▁successful ▁literary ▁career ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁black ▁South ▁African ▁woman ▁to ▁publish ▁books ▁of ▁aut obi ography . ▁Edu c ated ▁in ▁Britain ▁from ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 3 , ▁she ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁African ▁woman ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁editor ▁of ▁a ▁British ▁literary ▁magazine ▁when ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁she ▁took ▁on ▁the ▁editor ship ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁Str and , ▁a ▁rev ived ▁version ▁of ▁The ▁Str and ▁Magazine , ▁which ▁had ▁closed ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁words ▁of ▁poet ▁Mak hos az ana ▁X aba : ▁" One ▁only ▁has ▁to ▁read ▁her ▁two ▁books ▁( Dra wn ▁in ▁Col our ▁and ▁The ▁O ch re ▁People ) ▁to ▁realize ▁just ▁how ▁sk illed ▁she ▁was ▁as ▁a ▁mem oir ist . ▁Her ▁journal istic ▁column ▁editor ial s ▁demonstrate ▁a ▁reflect ive ▁style ▁that ▁must ▁have ▁been ▁unusual ▁for ▁her ▁times . ▁While ▁interview ing ▁W ally ▁Ser ote ▁who ▁was ▁living ▁in ▁B ots w ana ▁during