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Nnedi Okorafor
An award-winning literary author enters the world of magical realism with her World Fantasy Award-winning novel of a remarkable woman in post-apocalyptic Africa. Now optioned as a TV series for…
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A star falls from the sky. A woman rises from the sea. The world will never be the same.
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Part science fiction, part fantasy, and entirely infused with West African culture and spirituality, this novella offers an intimate glimpse into the life of a teenager whose coming of age…
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Amazon Editor's Pick, Best SFF September 2023 * The Strand, Science Fiction Pick of the Month October 2023
Deluxe, expanded edition of an out-of-print early novel from Africanfuturist luminary Nnedi…
She left her home for the stars, but found more adventure than she bargained for. A tense and intimate coming-of-age story in space.
Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three…
Sandra J. Lindow
Provides the first book-length scholarly treatment of Nnedi Okorafor’s critically acclaimed fiction. Written for an audience that includes serious fans as well as scholars, this is an introduction to Okorafor’s…
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The stunning stand-alone prequel to the World Fantasy Award-winning Who Fears Death by the author of Lagoon.
Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African, but she’s albino. There seems to be no place where she fits. And then she discovers…
When everything goes wrong on a trip to the local market, AO, a woman with a ton of major and necessary body augmentations, must race against time across the deserts…
"This brand-new sequel to Nnedi Okorafor's Shadow Speaker contains the powerful prose and compelling stories that have made Nnedi Okorafor a star of the literary science fiction and fantasy space…
A powerful journey from star athlete to sudden paralysis to creative awakening, award-winning science fiction writer Nnedi Okorafor shows that what we think are our limitations have the potential to…
In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways, yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. A woman who has survived the annihilation of…
Following her journey from star athlete to sudden paralysis to creative awakening, acclaimed sci-fi writer Nnedi Okorafor reveals that what we perceive as limitations have the potential to become our…
An alien artifact turns a young girl into Death’s adopted daughter in this tale of community and female empowerment by Binti’s Nnedi Okorafor. She’s the adopted daughter of the Angel…
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Award-winning author Okorafor delivers the sequel to Akata Witch. SunnyNwazue and her friends from the Leopard Society travel to the mysterious townof Osisi, where they fight in a climactic battle…
With the help of her friends, fifteen-year-old Sunny embarks on a mission to find a precious object and return it to the spider deity Udide, but defeating the guardians of…
Nnedi Okorafor’s acclaimed first novel that introduces a boy who can access super powers with the help of the magical Ikenga.
In this gripping sequel to ‘What Sunny Saw in the Flames’, Sunny Nwazue must learn to master her magic powers, while uncovering the mysteries of the shadowy town of Osisi…
Includes a brand-new Binti story!
Collected for the first time in a trade paperback omnibus edition, the Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning Binti trilogy, the story of one extraordinary girl’s journey from…
Born into post-apocalyptic Africa to a mother who was raped after the slaughter of her entire tribe, Onyesonwu is tutored by a shaman and discovers that her magical destiny is…
In West Africa in 2074, after fifteen-year-old "shadow speaker" Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, she embarks on a dangerous journey across the Sahara to find Jaa, her father's killer.
It’s been a year since Binti left her home for the stars, but found more adventure than she bargained for.
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In the midst of war Binti discovers unimagined aspects of herself.
Kabu kabu - unregistered illegal Nigerian taxis - generally get you where you need to go. The author takes the reader to occasionally dangerous, and always imaginative locations you didn’t…
Age range 4 to 8 What would you do if you woke up to find the shadow of a giant chicken passing your bedroom door? Go and investigate, of course!
Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
In the northern Ooni Kingdom, fear of the unknown runs deep, and children born dada are rumored to have special powers. Thirteen-year-old Zahrah Tsami feels like a normal girl–she grows…
With her brother gone and Wakanda in peril, the Black Panther is needed–and Shuri must step up to fill the void. With New York City and New Jersey on the…
Deluxe hardcover edition of the Hugo and Eisner Award winning graphic novel! Exclusive extras include a chapter of Okorafor’s script, a new cover and never-before-seen art from Ford, a behind-the-scenes…
The long-awaited sequel to the genre-breaking Akata Witch. Now stronger, feistier, and a bit older, Sunny Nwazue, along with her friends from the Leopard Society, travel through worlds, both visible…
A deluxe, expanded edition of an out-of-print early novel from Africanfuturist luminary Nnedi Okorafor, with a brand-new introduction from the author. Niger, West Africa, 2074 It is an era of…
What would you do if you woke up one night to find the shadow of a giant chicken passing your bedroom door? Go and investigate of course! A hugely entertaining…
Nnedi Okorafor presents the third book in the Binti series.
