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| by Illustrator Eric Battle |
African Sunrise is the best sample of where my head is creativly these days. If you have read my short story "The Book of Phoenix" (published last year i Clarkesworld Magazine), this is a direct continuation of that story. After I finished writing "The Book of Phoenix", I simply couldn't stop.
A brief description:
Grown in Tower 7 with a variety of other genetic experiments, an accelerated woman with unusual abilities has a rude awakening and finally begins to yearn for freedom. Nonetheless, obtaining that freedom comes with a heavy, highly destructive price. African Sunrise has four parts: Specimen (previously published as “The Book of Phoenix”),Beacon,ReaperandVillain. A riot of science fiction and fantasy and set in both a future United States and a future Africa, African Sunrise features the rise of another of Nnedi Okorafor’s powerful characters.
My character of Phoenix, like my character Onyesonwu of Who Fears Death, would not stop telling me her story. She insisted that I not only listen, but also record. Oh and yes, this story is basically a prequel to Who Fears Death.
African Sunrise is also available on Kindle and Nook as an ebook.
To mark the release of this story that I love so much, here's South African singer Miriam Makeba's song "African Sunset" (which the title of this novella pays homage to):
Enjoy.
-N
