Meanings and Pronunciations in Who Fears Death
Meanings and PronunciationsBy Nnedi Okorafor Origianlly published on June 25, 2010 on the Penguin Books BlogIn my stories, there is much to a name.In my first novel, Zahrah the Windseeker, I gave my...
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Tainted Pepper Soup Recipe
If you are looking for a unique recipe for the holidays, here is a tasty delicacy you might want to try...at your own risk.Tainted Pepper Soup Reciperecipe excerpted from Akata WitchIngredients: 3-4...
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The Legend of Arro-yo
I've wanted to repost on Facebook this illustration (by the awesome Ross Campbell) of my windseeker character, Arro-yo for some time. However, when I first posted it there, Facebook removed it within...
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African Science Fiction is Still Alien
African Science Fiction is Still AlienBy Nnedi OkoraforContrary to what was pounded into my head for years by brilliant well-meaning creative writing professors, science fiction is one of the most...
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A sample of LAGOON: Prologue and Chapters 1 & 2
Welcome to Lagos, Nigeria.The city takes its name from the Portuguese word for “lagoon”.The Portuguese first landed on Lagos Island in the year 1472.Apparently, they could not come up with a more...
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A Reading Guide for the novel WHO FEARS DEATH
Reading GuideforWHO FEARS DEATH“Dear friends, are you afraid of death?”—Patrice Lumumba, first and only electedPrime Minister of the Republic of the CongoInternational award-winning author Nnedi...
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Wildly adorned WHO FEARS DEATH for sale
I made this one-and-only wildly adorned WHO FEARS DEATHlast night (can't do many b/c they take a while). I'm willing to sell it, but I have no idea how much to sell it for. Make me an offer by emailing...
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Science Fiction at the University at Buffalo
This semester, I'm teaching a literature class at the University at Buffalo on selected science fiction. I want it to focus on recent, envelope-pushing, diverse science fiction. Apocalyptic,...
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WHO FEARS DEATH and her older sister THE BOOK OF PHOENIX
I started writing WHO FEARS DEATH as a way to cope with my father's passing. I started writing THE BOOK OF PHOENIX as a way to cope with my anger toward my immediate world. I started writing both books...
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Origin of the Chicken
October 12, 2015/ Lantana PublishingWhen my twelve-year-old daughter, Anyaugo, was three, she understood that I wrote stories. And because I wrote stories, she didn’t think it good enough that I read...
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Insight into the Lagoon
Read the Prologue and Chapters 1 & 2 hereSome readers have told me that though they enjoyed LAGOON, they felt they were missing some things on the cultural/political/societal side. Understandable....
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Naijamerican Eyes on Lagos
I originally presented this at Other Desires: The African City at Columbia University (the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation) on April 8 (my birthday). I figured I'd post my...
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The Book of Phoenix: An Excerpt
THE BOOK OF PHOENIXAn Excerpt“Voyage through death, to life upon these shores.”- Robert Hayden, poet (Middle Passage)PrologueFoundNobody really knows who wrote the Great Book.Oh, the religious always...
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On that Rabid Puppies thing and my Hugo Award-winning novella Binti
Himba women So my novella Binti, which won a Nebula earlier this summer for Best Novella (two days after I drove from Buffalo, NY to Chicago), won the Hugo for Best Novella (and I drove from Chicago to...
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Interview with Nigerian Newspaper, the Daily Trust
I don't normally do things like this, but I am this time. I did an interview with Nigerian newspaper called Daily Trust and the questions were great and really pushed me to think. I worked hard on...
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WHO FEARS DEATH: Chapter 1
-Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel -Optioned by HBO and now in early development as a TV series with George R. R. Martin as executive producer.“Dear friends, are you afraid of death?”...
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The Word "Akata" and the Pain Behind It
There has been a lot of talk about the word “akata” the last two weeks and there’s been a lot of talk about the schism and conversation between Africans currently on the continent of Africa and African...
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"THE KEY": A short story written by Nnedi Okorafor
The KeyBy Nnedi Okorafor It was due to a stupid thing done in a fit of panic that Fwadausi Bello altered her life forever. It’s amazing how sometimes the things we worry about most don’t happen and...
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View from a Mountain
Original image used for the first edition of WHO FEARS DEATHEver since my sister Ngozi passed on November 23rd, 2021 and then my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, I’ve been feeling really...high...
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On a Dark Desert Highway from Comic-Con
My day at San Diego Comic-Con was cool, but I want to talk about the crazy thing my daughter Anyaugo and I did that night. I didn’t like our hotel, so after a lovely dinner with my agent, we decided to...
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Legs by Nnedi
For the last two weeks, I’ve been doing physical therapy to work on the proprioception (the body's ability to sense movement, action, and location) in my legs. I have very poor proprioception in my...
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I have a month of free "Full Self-Driving capability" on my Tesla Model 3 (I *only* like small cars). Confession, I'm terrified of autopilot and I never even use my basic autopilot. But the last few...
View ArticleThe Path of the WHO FEARS DEATH audiobook
For years, I endured people attacking me because my first audiobook was narrated by a white woman with pretty bad “African” accent. This was WHO FEARS DEATH and this was back in 2010. Let me explain...
View ArticleIt's Bigger Than a Label...
I have spent years telling people that I write africanfuturism. I do not write and never have written “afrofuturism”, a reductive and America-centric label that gets slapped on all things black and...
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