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Nnedi's Book of the Year: Habibi by Craig Thompson
I read a LOT. I read as much as I write. I try to keep track on my Goodreads page but I don't list everything I read there (sometimes I forget to include books). Nevertheless, I don't normally do "Best...
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Alien Invasion!: The CopperWire has landed! Video Premiere!
The Ethiopian-American hip-hop group CopperWire's science fiction themed album EARTHBOUND is released today. That's quite a lot to squeeze into one sentence but that's because this album is so many...
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Book list for my Black Women Writers course this fall
Below is the list of works I’m assigning the students in my "Black Women Writers" course this fall at Chicago State University. Notice the usual suspects are not on there. This is because I’ve found...
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Sweet Serendipity
I took this random photo of my daughter on our way back from the World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago this weekend. We'd had a really long wonderful day and Anyaugo was too tired and irritated...
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African Sunrise
My novella AFRICAN SUNRISE has been released! :-D. Read it here (published by Subterranean Magazine. Yes, it's free). I LOVE this story, and it features lovely illustrations by Eric Battle! This one...
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Zahrah the Windseeker wins the Black Excellence Award for Outstanding...
Last night, my novel Zahrah the Windseeker was awarded the Black Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature (Fiction). The award was presented by poet and the publisher of Third World...
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Worldreader and The Girl with the Magic Hands
I've donated a story I wrote called THE GIRL WITH THE MAGIC HANDS to Worldreader. Worldreader gives kids in the developing world access to digital books. Using e‑readers loaded with thousands of local...
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When Dialogue Fails: The Death of an Owl
I'm angry. And I'm sad.Nkolika the Owl is dead. She was killed in the streets days ago, after being taken from her sanctuary in a Good Samaritan's home. She was killed because people in the...
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Hodder & Stoughton acquires Nnedi Okorafor's science fiction novel Lagoon in...
Anne Perry of Hodder & Stoughton has acquired three books by Nnedi Okorafor. The deal was negotiated by Okorafor’s foreign rights agent, Cameron McClure, at the Donald Maass Literary Agency. The...
View ArticleBewitching Swazi law on broomsticks
I've just got to post this:Bewitching Swazi law on broomsticksoriginally posted in The Star Early EditionMBABANE: Witches flying broomsticks in Swaziland above 150m will be subject to arrest and a...
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A Few Words
Contrary to what it may seem like on Facebook and Twitter, I'm a very private person. I share only a fraction of my life publicly, most of it positive in some way.In the last three months, I've gone...
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LAGOON: First Contact April 2014
Scheduled for release April 8th, 2014 (my birthday!)Hodder and StoughtonAt last, here is the cover for my forthcoming "Alien Invasion in Lagos, Nigeria" novel, Lagoon. Art by South African...
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Full jacket for Lagoon/ A few words from South African illustrator Joey Hi-Fi
Hodder & Stoughtonscheduled for release April, 2014I stressed so much about how the cover of Lagoon could possibly look. A book cover can make a book a work of art (There are certain books whose...
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Afriware's Nzingha Nommo text message reviews Kabu Kabu
Nzingha Nommo, owner of AfriwareEach time I have a book published, Nzingha Nommo the store owner of Afriware at some point sends me a flurry of emotive text messages about the book. I've come to...
View ArticleMeanings 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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