Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Her mother is okeke, which the great book says is a race that is made to serve the nuru. In 2015, brittle paper named her the african literary person of the year. It features the prequel the book of phoenix, released in 2015, and the first book of the series called who fears death, which was released first in 2010. Nnedi okorafor books list of books by author nnedi okorafor. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Buy who fears death by nnedi okorafor online at alibris. Beagle, bestselling author of the last unicorn nnedi okorafor is americanborn but her nigerian blood runs strong, lacing her work with fantasy, magic and true african reality. Nnedimma nkemdili nnedi okorafor formerly okorafor mbachu.
Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. She holds a phd in english and is a professor of creative writing at chicago state university. She is best known for binti, who fears death, zahrah the windseeker, akata witch, and lagoon. An awardwinning literary author enters the world of. Nnedi okorafor has 120 books on goodreads with 463200 ratings. Nnedi okorafor was born in the united states to two igbo nigerian immigrant parents. Buy who fears death by nnedi okorafor from amazons fiction books store. She has been the winner of many awards for her short stories and young adult books, and won a world fantasy award for who fears death. How far into the future is not made clear, but the setting is very interesting.
Nnedi okorafor writes about a quest by onyesonwu meaning who fears death, born of violence, in search of her biological father who wants her dead. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Nnedi okorafors who fears death is a postapocalyptic. Nnedi okorafors powerful story takes place in a future africa. And whilst who fears death is, in a narrower sense, a mirror of todays africa, with all of its horrors and wonders, it is, in a wider sense, a book that tackles prejudice, discrimination and what it means to be different, including what it means to be a woman in a maledominated society, without hesitation, taking the bull by the horns, which gives it a nearly universal appeal. Nnedi okorafor biography, age, education, writer, books. Nnedi okorafor and the fantasy genre she is helping. A great title, and the name of our protagonist as well. Okorafor is the author of the who fears death series. Nnedi okorafor and the fantasy genre she is helping redefine. Nigerianamerican novelist nnedi okorafor has beaten a host of big names to win the world fantasy award for her novel set in a postapocalyptic saharan africa. Now optioned as a tv series for hbo, with executive producer george r. World fantasy award goes to nnedi okorafor books the.
Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Nnedi okorafor is a nigerianamerican fantasy writer, science fiction and speculative fiction for both children and adults. Who fears death by nnedi okarafor journey of the chosen. Who fears death, which is set in a postapocalyptic africa, has been optioned as a series by hbo, with george r. Written by nnedi okorafor, audiobook narrated by anne flosnik. Who fears death, a novel by ya author, nnedi okorafor is a gripping tale of genocide in postapocalyptic africa. An awardwinning literary author presents her first foray into s. Who fears death is the story of the okeke people and the nuru people set in a postapocalyptic africa.
It was awarded the 2011 world fantasy award for best novel, as well as the 2010 carl brandon kindred award for an outstanding work of speculative fiction dealing with race and ethnicity. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. The nurus rule the okekes, keeps them as slaves, and is in the middle of systematically wiping them out, sustained by the belief that they are worth less than them. Computers and gps systems still linger, and though they are used, no one seems to know exactly how they work. Who fears death is a science fantasy novel by nigerianamerican writer nnedi okorafor, published in 2010 by daw, an imprint of penguin books. Nnedi okorafor was born in the united states to two igbo nigerian immigrant. Many people need to read who fears death, its an important book. Who fears death is one of the most striking, chilling, truly fascinating, and allaround remarkable novels ive read in a very long time. Listen to who fears death audiobook by nnedi okorafor. Who fears death is a tale of postapocalyptic africa, where water is. See all books authored by nnedi okorafor, including akata witch, and who fears death, and more on. Who fears death has been optioned by hbo and is now in early. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. I was drawn to this book because i read a lot of fantasy and id love to see more fantasy books that arent based on a variation of middle england.