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Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
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Who Fears Death (edition 2011)

by Nnedi Okorafor (Author)

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Born into post-apocalyptic Africa to a mother who was raped after the slaughter of her entire tribe, Onyesonwu is tutored by a shaman and discovers that her magical destiny is to end the genocide of her people.
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Title:Who Fears Death
Authors:Nnedi Okorafor (Author)
Info:DAW (2011), Edition: Reprint, 400 pages
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Rating:****1/2
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Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

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Just as good as the 1st time around. The audio was gorgeous to listen to. ( )
  jazzbird61 | Feb 29, 2024 |
This was one of the most stunning books I have read in a long time. The characters were rich and flawed, yet in a constant process of growth and change. The background was mysterious and magical and sparse in a post-apocalyptic way. While this book is certainly not for everyone, since the themes of genocide and FGM and rape were very hard to read, it still is able to look at these real life issues with some kind of hope and change through the Hero's struggle. The writing was very good, i would certainly read more from this author. ( )
  mslibrarynerd | Jan 13, 2024 |
This started out as a good book, with a clearly defined world and key characters. Unfortunately, it let itself down in the final portion, where in place of solid plot there was a mishmash of additional tricks employed. Some aspects of this were inventive, the Red people and their magic protective sandstorm being the most inventive. But the way that everyone involved turns out to be a sourcerer and that Mwita will be alive in the green lands with no explanation, as the last tie we saw him he was most certainly dead, left me less impressed with the ending that I was at the beginning. ( )
  Helenliz | Jan 6, 2024 |
This story was beautiful and harsh and hopeful and merciless. The end made me sob so hard.
  fleshed | Jul 16, 2023 |
For me, the most refreshing thing about this 'fantasy' was its environment. I really enjoyed the buildup, but in the end didn't necessarily ( )
  misterysun | Feb 27, 2023 |
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Nnedi Okoraforprimary authorall editionscalculated
Flosnik, AnneNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Glover, ElizabethDesignersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kern, ClaudiaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ruth, GregCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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"Dear friends, are you afraid of death?" - Patrice Lumumba, first and only elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo
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To my amazing father, Dr. Godwin Sunday Daniel Okoroafor, M.D., F.A.C.S. (1940-2004).
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My life fell apart when I was sixteen. Papa died. He had such a strong heart, yet he died. Was it the heat and smoke from his blacksmithing shop? It's true that nothing could take him from his work, his art. He loved to make the metal bend, to obey him. But his work only seemed to strengthen him; he was so happy in his shop. So what was it that killed him? To this day I can't be sure. I hope it had nothing to do with me or what I did back then.
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Born into post-apocalyptic Africa to a mother who was raped after the slaughter of her entire tribe, Onyesonwu is tutored by a shaman and discovers that her magical destiny is to end the genocide of her people.

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Well-known for young adult novels (The Shadow Speaks; Zahrah the Windseeker), Okorafor sets this emotionally fraught tale in postapocalyptic Saharan Africa. The young sorceress Onyesonwu—whose name means Who fears death?—was born Ewu, bearing a mixture of her mother's features and those of the man who raped her mother and left her for dead in the desert. As Onyesonwu grows into her powers, it becomes clear that her fate is mingled with the fate of her people, the oppressed Okeke, and that to achieve her destiny, she must die. Okorafor examines a host of evils in her chillingly realistic tale—gender and racial inequality share top billing, along with female genital mutilation and complacency in the face of destructive tradition—and winds these disparate concepts together into a fantastical, magical blend of grand storytelling.
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