Nnedi Okorafor
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Om författaren
Nnedi Okorafor was born on April 8, 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a graduate of Clarion Writers Workshop in Lansing, Michigan and earned her PhD in English from the University of Illinois. Currently she is an associate professor of creative writing and literature at the University at Buffalo visa mer (SUNY). Her awards include a 2001 Hurston-Wright literary award for her story Amphibious Green, The Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa for Zahrah the Windseeker, the Carl Brandon Parallax Award for The Shadow Speaker, the 2007-08 winner of the Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa for Long Juju Man, the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for Who Fears Death, and her science fiction novella Binti won the 2016 Nebula Award (Best Novella) and the 2016 Hugo Awards for Best Novella. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Serier
Verk av Nnedi Okorafor
From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7 13 exemplar
Spider the Artist 10 exemplar
Amazing Spider-Man: Wakanda Forever #1 - Chapter One: A Strange Little Birdie (2018) — Författare — 9 exemplar
Wahala 3 exemplar
The Magical Negro 3 exemplar
The Albino Girl 3 exemplar
Black Stars: A Galaxy of New Worlds 2 exemplar
The Palm Tree Bandit 2 exemplar
Moom! {short story} 2 exemplar
African Sunrise 2 exemplar
The Winds of Harmattan 2 exemplar
Rusties 2 exemplar
The Baboon War 2 exemplar
The Baptist {short story} 1 exemplar
Is Africa ready for science fiction? 1 exemplar
The Go-Slow 1 exemplar
Asunder 1 exemplar
Biafra 1 exemplar
Bakasi Man 1 exemplar
History {short story} 1 exemplar
The Black Stain 1 exemplar
The Carpet 1 exemplar
The Ghastly Bird 1 exemplar
The House of Deformities 1 exemplar
How Inyang Got Her Wings 1 exemplar
Icon 1 exemplar
Ozioma the Wicked 1 exemplar
Tumaki 1 exemplar
Antar #1 1 exemplar
Afrofuturist 419 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
From a Certain Point of View: 40 Stories Celebrating 40 Years of Star Wars (2017) — Bidragsgivare — 770 exemplar
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology (2015) — Bidragsgivare — 289 exemplar
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition: A Tor.Com Original (2012) — Bidragsgivare — 143 exemplar
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six (2012) — Bidragsgivare, vissa utgåvor — 136 exemplar
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (1992) — Bidragsgivare — 83 exemplar
Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler (2013) — Bidragsgivare — 32 exemplar
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2: Provocative essays on feminism, race, revolution, and the future (2008) — Bidragsgivare — 25 exemplar
Africanfuturism: An Anthology — Bidragsgivare — 13 exemplar
The Best of Strange Horizons: Year One : September 2000-August 2001 (2003) — Bidragsgivare — 11 exemplar
Afro-Future Females: Black Writers Chart Science Fiction's Newest New-Wave Trajectory (2008) — Bidragsgivare — 9 exemplar
Terra Nova vol. 2: Antología de ciencia ficción contemporánea (Spanish Edition) (2013) — Bidragsgivare — 6 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Okorafor, Nnedimma Nkemdili
- Andra namn
- Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi (former married name)
- Födelsedag
- 1974-04-08
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA (Birth)
- Födelseort
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Phoenix, Arizona, USA - Utbildning
- University of Illinois (BA|Rhetoric|1996)
Michigan State University (MA|Journalism|1999)
University of Illinois, Chicago (MA|English|2002, PhD|English|2007) - Yrken
- Professor of Creative Writing
writer - Organisationer
- Chicago State University
- Priser och utmärkelser
- The Macmillan Writers Prize
WisCon Guest of Honor (2010)
The Goodnow Award for Creative Writing
The Margin: Exploring Modern Magical Realism Short Story Contest
The Strange Horizons Readers Choice Award for Nonfiction - Agent
- Donald Maass
Janell Walden Agyeman (Marie Brown & Associates) - Kort biografi
- Nnedi Okorafor is an award-winning novelist of Nigerian descent known for weaving African culture into creative evocative settings and memorable characters. In a profile of Nnedi’s work titled “Weapons of Mass Creation”, The New York Times called Nnedi’s imagination “stunning”. Nnedi holds a PhD in English.
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches… av Nnedi Okorafor
The writing in this short story is excellent. The concept of a spaceship growing and able to link to only one person was also particularly fascinating—it's been done similarly before, but I especially liked how it worked here. Our MC Tornado was enjoyable, and her fellow travelers were a mixed bag, but overall I liked the blend of personalities. It's at times happy and sad and introspective.
"You don't have to explain. It's OK to care about what other people think, but you should give a little weight to what you, yourself, think."
STORY:
In Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor (308 pages), Zahrah's fourteen and Dada, so she doesn't fit in the Kirki village of the Ooni Kingdom. Her Dada heritage gives her long locs embedded with plants and undeveloped wind power. Since Ooni people are so image-conscious, she sticks out like a snake with fingers. After Zahrah gets her first period (menstruation cycle), her wind powers begin to fully develop. Through a series of events surrounding the forbidden Greeny jungle, Zahrah's best friend Dari gets injured. The cure for Dari's comatose state is in the jungle, and this is where the story truly begins. I felt so bad for Zahrah in the jungle like why does my baby have to go through so much pain?
Another quote I like, taken from when Zahrah was on her journey:
"Look at you. You're just as strange and misunderstood as the jungle. It'll welcome you, I'm sure of it."
As much as I like romance, I love the fact that the story is dedicated to Zahrah's growth as a character. That's not to say there aren't any adorable hints thrown in.
I love the names, Zahrah and Dari, they are so pretty!
I also enjoy the fantasy elements. Flower computers! Zahrah has a lot of plant technology in her world. A person can plant a seed and water it to grow a computer. Very imaginative.
Black people in a fantasy setting? Adorable characters? An innocent friendship? I could tell early on that I would like this book.
What did I dislike? Hmm... If I had to nitpick, the ending could be considered a bit anticlimactic. Also, certain stuff at the hospital was dragged out too long.
CHARACTERS:
Zahrah! I completely sympathize with her. She's an adorable crybaby who doesn't yet know her potential. Her journey is not only through the Greeny jungle, but to grow more confident.
Dari, the best friend, is my favorite. He's a middle-school activist, who has a talent for talking. The village people and everyone at Dari (and Zahrah)'s school hang onto his every word. Since he found an interest in Zahrah, as a bold little kid, the two have been friends ever since.
I like the mentor angle Nsibidi provides for Zahrah. She's one cool chick! I almost wish she had been featured more in the story.
The simplest characters, like the frog, all play an important part in the story and Zahrah's life.
OVERALL:
Read this.
I liked this book a lot and will add it to my bookshelf when I get some extra cash.… (mer)
A magical book that I will certainly read again and again
This one was good. Interesting stories, but not as good as Okorafor’s Shuri. I am intrigued by Ngozi’s story and hope they give some more insight to her reign as interim Black Panther!
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VBL YA (2)
SFFKit 2016 (2)
BookTok Adult (3)
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Black Authors (5)
Summer Reading (5)
Magic Realism (2)
Nebula Award (1)
Africa (6)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 92
- Även av
- 61
- Medlemmar
- 15,678
- Popularitet
- #1,450
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 963
- ISBN
- 244
- Språk
- 15
- Favoritmärkt
- 50
- Proberstenar
- 502
