![]() ![]() The book puts a unique, inclusive spin on the timeless tale of the misfit chosen to save the world-one that earned Okorafor a Nebula Award nomination and recognition from the American Library Association. Akata Witch, published in 2011, is the first in an acclaimed fantasy series that’s often described as the “Nigerian Harry Potter,” but that author Nnedi Okorafor has pointed out draws more heavily on a long tradition of Nigerian literature and mythology. Thankfully, her world begins to make more sense when she meets a trio of other super-powered, outcast adolescents, and they set off on a quest to stop a villainous man who preys on children. due to the derogatory meaning of ‘akata’ in some Nigerian dialects) is the first in a trilogy by Hugo and Nebula. If that wasn’t enough to deal with, she also has magical powers. Akata Witch (retitled What Sunny Saw in the Flames in Nigeria and the U.K. Sunny is a soccer prodigy but can’t play outside because her super-light skin can’t tolerate the sun. ![]() ![]() Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi is aimed at a slightly older audience but again explores magic in a West African and also dystopian context. “My name is Sunny Nwazue and I confuse people.” So says the 12-year-old narrator of Akata Witch, an American-born Igbo girl with albinism who now lives in her family’s country of origin, Nigeria. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor is about a girl called Sunny who is Nigerian and discovers she has special powers, before saving the world with her three friends. ![]()
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