In order to examine another potential conception of authorship, this final conclusive chapter departs from a key observation: If Barthes was right about the relation between authorship and capitalism in the Global North, it was not necessarily the case in the Global South. The chapter follows a pointed line of thought, amounting to less a simplistic rejection of the death of the author and more an attendant question: what are the consequences of this critique of authorship for the anticolonial storyteller? If the (liberal, capitalist) author is dead, what is the meaning of this figure’s rebirth for storytelling? The chapter examines more recent scholarship for critical conceptions of storytelling that emphasize presence and even ritual over the static figure of the individual author-genius associated by Barthes with European enlightenment and capitalism. Finally the chapter asks through the diverse cast of characters the book has been calling on throughout: What are the political consequences of a rethought version of the author and their agency?