Nnedi Okorafor

Desde el momento en que Sunny Nwazue descubrió que tenía unas singulares habilidades mágicas, se esforzó por comprender sus poderes mientras trataba de equilibrar sus diferentes facetas: su vida pasada en Estados Unidos y la nueva en Nigeria, el mundo normal y el espiritual, su papel de buena hija y el de persona leopardo.Ahora, todas esas duras lecciones se ponen a prueba en una mision tan peligrosa y fantastica que embarcarse en ella seria una locura..., como tambien lo seria dejar pasar la oportunidad.Con la ayuda de sus amigos, Sunny emprende la busqueda de un valioso objeto escondido en las profundidades de un extraño reino. Para conseguirlo debera sacrificar algo... Y si triunfa, eso la cambiara para siempre.Mujer Akata es la tercera parte de la serie Akata (compuesta por Bruja Akata y Guerrera Akata), donde Nnedi Okorafor -ganadora del Hugo, el Nebula, el Locus y el World Fantasy Award- desarrolla en Nigeria una magica historia de aventuras que la revista Time ha incluido entre las mejores series fantasticas de todos los tiempos.

«Brillante, original y perspicaz». PATRICK ROTHFUSS«Una literatura fantástica fabulosa». NEIL GAIMANSunny Nwazue es parte de la sociedad leopardo, personas con habilidades mágicas que pueden tratar c

Fa un any que la Binti i l Okwu es van inscriure a la Universitat d Oomza. Un any des que la Binti va abandonar la seva família a l''alba d''un nou dia. La Binti ara sent que ha de tornar a casa amb la seva gent i fer el pelegrinatge, el ritual que correspon a la seva edat. L Okwu l acompanyara i sera el primer de la seva especie a trepitjar la Terra en mes de cent anys i el primer que hi arribara com a ambaixador. La Binti haura dÑenfrontar-se a les consequencies d haver fugit de casa per mirar de recuperar la seva familia i reconnectar amb la seva cultura. Es imprescindible que la Binti trobi la pau interior, l equilibri dins de la seva nova identitat, perque un nou conflicte entre els medusa i els khoush esta a punt d esclatar.-----"L escriptura d Okorafor es encara mes bella aqui del que recordo que fos a Binti, evocativa, aguda i elegant en la seva concisio. Amal El-Mohtar. Binti es una historia meravellosa i memorable que, parafrasejant El Senyor dels Anells, mostra que una noia pot canviar el rumb de la galaxia." Geek Syndicate

Compleja, trepidante y rompedora. Una novela especulativa sobre el poder de la creación.¿Puede una historia cambiar el futuro del mundo?La vida le ha dado algunos golpes a Zelu, pero cuando la despiden de su trabajo y rechazan su ultima novela, su vida da un vuelco. Procedente de una familia exigente y critica, no sabe bien que va a ser de ella. Entonces toma una decision arriesgada: escribir un libro muy diferente a los demas. Una historia sobre androides e inteligencia artificial tras la extincion de la humanidad. Y todo cambia.Lo que viene despues es una historia de amor y perdida, fama e infamia, y acontecimientos extraordinarios en un mundo y en otro, donde la linea entre la ficcion y la realidad se difumina.¿POR QUE LEER LA MUERTE DE LA AUTORA?Desafia los generos literarios y tiene un ritmo frenetico que provoca una catarsis en el lector.Tradicion vs modernidad, critica a la industria del entretenimiento, IA y cultura de cancelacion.Una metanarrativa que explora los limites entre historia, creador y creacion.Destaca por unir realismo, ciencia ficcion y critica social con brillantez.

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.In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways, yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. A woman who has survived the annihilation of her village and a terrible rape by an enemy general wanders into the desert hoping to die. Instead, she gives birth to an angry baby girl with hair and skin the color of sand. Gripped by the certainty that her daughter is differentspecialshe names her Onyesonwu, which means Who fears death? in an ancient language. It doesnt take long for Onye to understand that she is physically and socially marked by the circumstances of her violent conception.She is Ewua child of rape who is expected to live a life of violence, a half-breed rejected by both tribes. But Onye is not the average Ewu. Even as a child, she manifests the beginnings of a remarkable and unique magic. As she grows, so do her abilities, and during an inadvertent visit to the spirit realm she learns something terrifying: Someone powerful is trying to kill her.Desperate to elude her would-be murderer and to understand her own nature, she embarks on a journey in which she grapples with nature, tradition, history, true love, and the spiritual mysteries of her culture, and ultimately teaches her why she was given the name she bears: Who Fears Death.

"A fiery spirit dances from the pages of the Great Book. She brings the aroma of scorched sand and ozone. She has a story to tell ." "The Book of Phoenix"is a unique work of magical futurism. A prequel to the highly acclaimed, World Fantasy Award-winning novel, "Who Fears Death," it features the rise of another of Nnedi Okorafor s powerful, memorable, superhuman women. Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York s Tower 7. She is an accelerated woman only two years old but with the body and mind of an adult, Phoenix s abilities far exceed those of a normal human. Still innocent and inexperienced in the ways of the world, she is content living in her room speed reading e-books, running on her treadmill, and basking in the love of Saeed, another biologically altered human of Tower 7. Then one evening, Saeed witnesses something so terrible that he takes his own life. Devastated by his death and Tower 7 s refusal to answer her questions, Phoenix finally begins to realize that her home is really her prison, and she becomes desperate to escape. But Phoenix s escape, and her destruction of Tower 7, is just the beginning of her story. Before her story ends, Phoenix will travel from the United States to Africa and back, changing the entire course of humanity s future."

Su nombre es Binti, y es la primera de los himba a la que se le ha ofrecido una plaza en Oomza Uni: la mejor institución de enseñanza superior de la galaxia. Aceptar esta oferta significará abandonar su casa, su familia y viajar a traves de las estrellas entre extraños que no comparten su forma de ser ni respetan sus costumbres.Lo que Binti no sabe es que el conocimiento le costara caro. Una sanguinaria raza alienigena, las medusas, amenazan su viaje y, para poder sobrevivir, necesitara la ayuda de su pueblo y de la sabiduria contenida en la Universidad.Ganadora de un premio Hugo en 2016, un Nebula en 2015 y nominada al Locus, Binti es una historia intensa y condensada. En Binti comprobaremos como funcionan los prejuicios con los que crecemos y como se desmorona este sistema de creencias cuando se trata de afrontar lo desconocido. Nuevos lugares, nuevos modos de comunicarse y el temido y a la vez cautivador contacto con el otro, ya sea una raza alienigena o una cultura africana, tan distante de la nuestra, que podriamos sentir de otro planeta diferente.Este viaje transformara a quien lo emprende de forma irremediable, sin posibilidad de volver atras.

Fa un any que la Binti i l’Okwu es van inscriure a la Universitat d’Oomza. Un any des que la Binti va abandonar la seva família a l'alba d'un nou dia. La Binti ara sent que ha de tornar a casa amb la

La Binti ha arribat al mig del desert, on viuen els enyi zinariya. Els secrets que hi ha descobert li han obert les portes d?un nou món que fins ara desconeixia i que ampliaran els límits dels horitzons del seu univers. Sense haver pogut encara acabar d?entendre tot el que li acaben de mostrar, la Binti rep la noticia que els khoush han atacat el seu poble. La Binti creuara el desert amb en Mwinyi amb la incertesa de com es troben l?Okwu i la seva familia. Desesperada per saber que han fet, la Binti, sense acabar de connectar amb el seu passat i la seva identitat, haura d?emprendre un viatge cap a casa que sera, d?alguna manera, fins i tot mes llarg que el viatge a Uni Oomza. L?aventura nomes acaba de començar.

Fénix ha crecido junto con otros experimentos genéticos en la Torre 7 de Nueva York. Es una «mujer acelerada»: con tan solo dos años, tiene el cuerpo y la mente de una persona adulta y sus habilidade

La Binti és la primera himba convidada a estudiar a Uni Oomza, la universitat intergalàctica més prestigiosa. Per poder estudiar a Uni Oomza, fugirà en la primera nau que surt del planeta, desafiant

Lorsqu’elle était encore enfant, Fatima a reçu la visite de la Mort, et elle a tout perdu. Son village, sa famille, et jusqu’à son nom, devenu Sankofa. Son seul trésor était une graine aux pouvoirs m

Mon nom est Sunny Nwazue et je perturbe les gens. Je suis Nigériane de sang, Américaine de naissance et albinos de peau. Être albinos fait du soleil mon ennemi. C’est pour ça que je n’ai jamais pu jo

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.Nnedi Okorafor was never supposed to be paralyzed. A college track star and budding entomologist, Nnedis lifelong battle with scoliosis was just a bump in her plansomething a simple operation would easily correct. But when Nnedi wakes from the surgery to find she cant move her legs, her entire sense of self begins to waver. Confined to a hospital bed for months, unusual things begin to happen. Psychedelic bugs crawl her hospital walls; strange dreams visit her nightly. Nnedi begins to put these experiences into writing, conjuring up strange, fantastical stories. What Nnedi discovers during her confinement would prove to be the key to her life as a successful science fiction author: In science fiction, when something breaks, something greater often emerges from the cracks. In Broken Places & Outer Spaces, Nnedi takes the reader on a journey from her hospital bed deep into her memories, from her painful first experiences with racism as a child in Chicago to her powerful visits to her parents hometown in Nigeria. From Frida Kahlo to Mary Shelly, she examines great artists and writers who have pushed through their limitations, using hardship to fuel their work. Through these compelling stories and her own, Nnedi reveals a universal truth: What we perceive as limitations have the potential to become our greatest strengthsfar greater than when we were unbroken. A guidebook for anyone eager to understand how their limitations might actually be used as a creative springboard, Broken Places & Outer Spaces is an inspiring look at how to open up new windows in your mind.

Mon nom est Sunny Nwazue et le temps mest compté. Je suis nigériane de sang, américaine de naissance et albinos de peau. Avec mes amis de la société des Léopards et la magie dont je dispose, je peux survivre a la nuit et aux creatures qui la peuplent. Sauf que mes pouvoirs mobligent. Et quand Udide, la Grande Araignee artiste, me convoque pour recuperer son plus grand poeme mystique qui lui a ete derobe, je nai pas le choix. Pour elle, il faut que je menfonce plus loin encore dans la nuit, aux confins de la terre et meme au-dela, sur la Route, ou les femmes feroces de la tribu Nimm a laquelle jappartiens lont dissimule. Il en va de lequilibre du monde visible et invisible.

Shuri é habilidosa em artes marciais, um gênio e mestre em Ciências e Tecnologia. Mas, ela também é uma adolescente e uma princesa… Esta história mostra Shuri em sua busca para salvar sua nação: Waka

Kabu kabuunregistered illegal Nigerian taxisgenerally get you where you need to go. Nnedi Okorafors Kabu Kabu, however, takes the reader to exciting, fantastic, magical, occasionally dangerous, and always imaginative locations you didnt know you needed. This debut short story collection by an award-winning author includes notable previously published material, a new novella co-written with New York Times-bestselling author Alan Dean Foster, six additional original stories, and a brief foreword by Whoopi Goldberg.

De retour sur Terre après une année passée à l’université intergalactique d’Oomza, la jeune Binti n’en a pas fini avec les surprises. Elle vient d’apprendre qu’elle est la descendante des Enyi Zinari

What would you do if you woke up one night to find the shadow of a giant chicken passing your bedroom door? Go and investigate of course! A hugely entertaining look at the fascinating masquerade culture of West Africa, told from the perspective of a plucky young Nigerian girl who finds the courage to protect the traditions she loves.

Theres more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafors work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epicsUrsula K. LeGuin Prequel to the highly acclaimed, World Fantasy Award-winning novel, Who Fears Death. *** ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD FINALIST***They call her many things - a research project, a test-subject, a specimen. An abomination. But she calls herself Phoenix, an accelerated woman - a genetic experiment grown and raised in Manhattans famous Tower 7, the only home she has ever known. Although shes only two years old, Phoenix has the body and mind of an adult - and powers beyond imagining. Phoenix is an innocent, happy to live quietly in Tower 7, reading voraciously and basking in the love of Saeed, another biologically altered human.Until the night that Saeed witnesses something so terrible that he takes his own life. Devastated, Phoenix begins to search for answers - only to discover that everything that she has ever known is a lie. Tower 7 isnt a haven. Its a prison.And its time for Phoenix to spread her wings and rise. Spanning continents and centuries, The Book of Phoenix is an epic, incendiary work of magical realism featuring Nnedi Okorafors most incredible, unforgettable heroine yet.