Nnedi Okorafor (Author of Binti)

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Nnedi Okorafor

欧宝娱乐 Author

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in The United States

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Young Adult

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Ng农g末 wa Thiong'o,Hayao Miyazaki, Stephen King, Ben Okri, Tove Jansson ...more

Member Since

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Nnedi Okorafor is a New York Times Bestselling writer of science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. The more specific terms for her works are africanfuturism and africanjujuism, both terms she coined and defined. Born in the United States to two Nigerian (Igbo) immigrant parents and visiting family in Nigeria since she was a child, the foundation and inspiration of Nnedi鈥檚 work is rooted in this part of Africa. Her many works include Who Fears Death (winner of the World Fantasy Award and in development at HBO as a TV series), the Nebula and Hugo award winning novella trilogy Binti (in development as a TV series), the Lodestar and Locus Award winning Nsibidi Scripts Series, LaGuardia (winner of a Hugo and Eisner awards for Bes ...more

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It's been a long time...

Greetings,

I don't spend a lot of time here but I'm here today because I was finally able to sign back into my account. The last blog post on here was from 2012! Wth! 馃槅. Therefore...

Hiiiiiii, everyone, haha.

While I'm here I might as well take the moment to let you know what you can expect to come from me in 2024 and 2025.

The publishing order is:

Book 1 of SHE WHO KNOWS: Firespitter- August 2024, no Read more of this blog post »

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	Binti (Binti, #1) by Nnedi Okorafor (欧宝娱乐 Author), N.K. Jemisin (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Foreword) 3.85 avg rating — 77,465 ratings — published 2015 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 37,194 ratings — published 2011 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home (Binti, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 29,343 ratings — published 2017 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,372 ratings — published 2010 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22,678 ratings — published 2018 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remote Control 3.85 avg rating — 18,202 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Akata Warrior (The Nsibidi Scripts, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 14,121 ratings — published 2017 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lagoon 3.63 avg rating — 8,880 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Noor 3.81 avg rating — 7,776 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Binti: The Complete Trilogy 4.03 avg rating — 6,706 ratings — published 2019 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Nnedi Okorafor

Binti (3 books)
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Nnedi Okorafor (欧宝娱乐 Author)

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The Nsibidi Scripts (3 books)
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Nnedi Okorafor (欧宝娱乐 Author)

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Who Fears Death (5 books)
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Nnedi Okorafor (欧宝娱乐 Author)

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Shuri (2 books)
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Nnedi Okorafor (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Writer),

Vita Ayala (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Writer),

Rachael Stott (Illustrations),

Paul Davidson (Illustrations)

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The Desert Magician's Duology (2 books)
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Quotes by Nnedi Okorafor (?)

“Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are!”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death

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“We embrace those things that make us unique or odd. For only in these things can we locate and then develop our most individual abilities.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Witch

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“Though I knew I shouldn鈥檛 have cared, the words still hurt like pinches, and pinches can be very painful when done in the same place many times in a row.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Zahrah the Windseeker

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Polls

MAY FANTASY: This poll decided which two novels move on to the run-off poll for our May Fantasy Book of the Month!

Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny

21 votes, 21.2%

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

21 votes, 21.2%

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

18 votes, 18.2%

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente

15 votes, 15.2%

The Magician's Apprentice by Trudi Canavan

10 votes, 10.1%

Control Point by Myke Cole

10 votes, 10.1%

Greenmantle by Charles de Lint

4 votes, 4.0%

99 total votes

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Nnedi鈥檚 Quotes

“We need to ensure that children are not forced to waste their time on barren rubbish.”
― Philip Pullman

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“Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but ... life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.”
― Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez

tags: life, self-actualization, self-image

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“What you seek is seeking you.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

tags: attraction, rumi, sufi

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“Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are!”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death

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“Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.”
― David McCullough Jr.

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