Nnedi Okorafor, PhDVerified account

@Nnedi

Naijamerican professor, rudimentary cyborg & World Fantasy, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of scifi, magical futurism, juju fantasy & mystical realism.

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Joined September 2008

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    May 27

    The Trilogy: 1 African girl leaves home. 2 African girl comes home. 3 African girl becomes home.

  2. If you’re not being criticized, you’re probably not doing anything exceptional.

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  4. 9 hours ago

    George R.R. Martin clarifies involvement in HBO's upcoming adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor's 'Who Fears Death'

  5. YES! Been waiting for these images! ❤️! Jupiter's has been a thing of my nightmares and dreams since I was a kid!

  6. Awesome enjoy. I wrote them out of order; you can read them in whatever order you want. The stories don't care about the linearity of time.😊

  7. I have always LOVED this Who Fears Death cover soooo much! ❤️❤️❤️

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    Yeah, just trying to get ahead of those perplexed responses from people who know what the word means and are just hearing about these books.

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    The word "akata" in the title is 100% intentional and PART of the story. The character is Nigerian American and the story is set in Nigeria.

  10. In case you missed this: the AKATA WITCH paperback is now out. The sequel AKATA WARRIOR drops on Oct 3rd. More info:

  11. Jul 11

    To all you individuals who are late to what we call Afrofuturism,African scifi or science fiction with black people and juju in it, welcome.

  12. Jul 11
  13. Try AMAB Books at My Nigerian publishers are Casava Republic and Kachifo Limited.

  14. 19 hours ago

    When you realize it's your day off and don't have to get up

  15. 20 hours ago

    The incredibly long neck of the green heron! (Photo: Jim Almond)

  16. Jul 11

    I think journalism died the day the internet was born... 's WHO FEARS DEATH is in development w/ Read More

  17. Jul 11

    I just recently read this book and it was SO GOOD.

  18. Jul 11

    To all you individuals who are late to what we call Afrofuturism,African scifi or science fiction with black people and juju in it, welcome.

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