Broken Places and Outer Spaces
by Nnedi OkoraforA powerful journey from star athlete to sudden paralysis to creative awakening, award-winning science fiction writer Nnedi Okorafor shows that what we think are our limitations have the potential to become our greatest strengths.
Nnedi O.
- First published
- 2019
- Publishers
- Simon & Schuster· Limited
- Subjects
- African american authors·Paralytics·Creation african americans·Biography
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About Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedi Okorafor is a Nigerian-American author of African-based science fiction and fantasy (Africanfuturism and Africanjujuism). Okorafor has won a Hugo, a Nebula, a World Fantasy Award, and a Locus Award, and her many fans include Neil Gaiman, Rick Riordan, John Green, and Ursula Le Guin. She is writing a series for Marvel about Shuri, Black Panther’s sister, and has a number of book-based projects in development for film and TV – including HBO’s adaptation of her novel Who Fears Death, with George R. R. Martin signed on as executive producer. Okorafor is also co-writing the screenplay of an adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed with filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu for Amazon Prime Video, with Viola Davis producing. Her novel Akata Warrior (of the Akata Series) is the winner of the Lodestar and Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel....
Books
Akata Woman 10-Copy MIXED Floor Display W Riser
Nnedi Okorafor
Akata Woman
Nnedi Okorafor
Akata Woman
Nnedi Okorafor
Akata Warrior
Nnedi Okorafor
A year ago, sunny nwazue, an american-born girl nigerian girl, was inducted into the secret leopard society.
Binti, tome 2
Nnedi Okorafor
Ikenga
Nnedi Okorafor
nnedi okorafor's acclaimed first novel for middle grade readers introduces a boy who can access super powers with the help of the magical ikenga.
Binti, tome 2
Nnedi Okorafor
Remote Control
Nnedi Okorafor
Ikenga Lib/E
Nnedi Okorafor
Chicken in the Kitchen
Nnedi Okorafor
Laguardia
Nnedi Okorafor
From hugo, nebula, and world fantasy award winner nnedi okorafor (who fears death, binti, akata series) comes laguardia.
Kim Korkar Ölümden
Nnedi Okorafor
Chicken in the Kitchen
Nnedi Okorafor
What would you do if you woke up one night to find the shadow of a giant chicken passing your bedroom door?
Broken Places & Outer Spaces : Finding Creativity in the Unexpected
Nnedi Okorafor
A powerful journey from star athlete to sudden paralysis to creative awakening, award-winning science fiction writer nnedi okorafor shows that what we think are our limitations have the potential to become our greatest strengths.
Broken Places & Outer Spaces
Nnedi Okorafor
A powerful journey from star athlete to sudden paralysis to creative awakening, award-winning science fiction writer nnedi okorafor shows that what we think are our limitations have the potential to become our greatest strengths.
Who Fears Death
Nnedi Okorafor
An award-winning literary author enters the world of magical realism with her world fantasy award-winning novel of a remarkable woman in post-apocalyptic africa.
Akata Warrior
Nnedi Okorafor
A year ago, sunny nwazue, an american-born girl nigerian girl, was inducted into the secret leopard society.
Binti: Home
Nnedi Okorafor
Sunny and the Mysteries of Osisi (Sunny's Adventures)
Nnedi Okorafor
Sunny nwazue is back in this gripping sequel to nnedi okorafor's what sunny saw in the flames.
Chicken in the kitchen
Nnedi Okorafor
What would you do if you woke up one night to find the shadow of a giant chicken passing your bedroom door?
Akata Witch
Nnedi Okorafor
Akata witch : paperback : penguin putnam inc : 9780142420911 : 0142420913 : 07 nov 2017 : twelve-year-old sunny nwazue, an american-born albino child of nigerian parents, moves with her family back to nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.
Lagoon
Nnedi Okorafor
It’s up to a famous rapper, a biologist, and a rogue soldier to handle humanity’s first contact with an alien ambassador—and prevent mass extinction—in this novel that blends magical realism with high-stakes action.
Chicken in the Kitchen
Nnedi Okorafor
What would you do if you woke up one night to find the shadow of a giant chicken passing your bedroom door?
Lagoon
Nnedi Okorafor
It’s up to a famous rapper, a biologist, and a rogue soldier to handle humanity’s first contact with an alien ambassador—and prevent mass extinction—in this novel that blends magical realism with high-stakes action.
Who Fears Death
Nnedi Okorafor
International award-winning nnedi okorafor enters the world of magical realist literature with a powerful story of genocide in the far future and the woman who reshapes her world.
Who Fears Death
Nnedi Okorafor
International award-winning nnedi okorafor enters the world of magical realist literature with a powerful story of genocide in the far future and the woman who reshapes her world.
Akata witch
Nnedi Okorafor
Twelve-year-old sunny nwazue, an american-born albino child of nigerian parents, moves with her family back to nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.
Who Fears Death
Nnedi Okorafor
International award-winning nnedi okorafor enters the world of magical realist literature with a powerful story of genocide in the far future and the woman who reshapes her world.
Primary Healthcare Spending Striving For Equity Under Fiscal Federalism
Okore Okorafor
This book explores the implications of a wide range of intergovernmental fiscal arrangements found in fiscal federal systems and how they impact on the equitable distribution of primary health care resources.
Zahrah the windseeker
Nnedi Okorafor
In the ooni kingdom, children born dada—with vines growing in their hair—are rumored to have special powers.
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