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Nnedi Okorafor

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Nnedi Okorafor

Nnedi Okorafor, born to Igbo Nigerian parents in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 8, 1974, is an author of fantasy and science fiction for both adults and younger readers. Her children's book LONG JUJU MAN won the 2007-08 Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa, and her adult novel WHO FEARS DEATH was a Tiptree Honor Book. She is an associate professor of creative writing and literature at the University at Buffalo.

Nnedi Okorafor

Books by Nnedi Okorafor

by Nnedi Okorafor - Adventure, Fiction, Science Fiction

The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From here on in, she would be known as Sankofa --- a name that meant nothing to anyone but her, the only tie to her family and her past. Her touch is death, and with a glance a town can fall. And she walks --- alone, except for her fox companion --- searching for the object that came from the sky and gave itself to her when the meteors fell and when she was yet unchanged, searching for answers. But is there a greater purpose for Sankofa, now that Death is her constant companion?