This fast-paced, relentless journey of tribe, destiny, body, and the wonderland of technology revels in the fact that the future sometimes isn’t so predictable. In a world where all things are streamed, everyone is watching the “reckoning of the murderess and the terrorist” and the “saga of the wicked woman and mad man” unfold. The Nigeria of Noor is a place that has been exploited for its wind power, and over the years a megacoporation called Ultimate Corp has taken control of all of Nigeria’s resources, creating a. Once on the run, she meets a Fulani herdsman named DNA and the race against time across the deserts of Northern Nigeria begins. And then one day she goes to her local market and everything goes wrong. 2 It is a finalist for the Locus Award for best science fiction novel.

1 The novel was published on November 9, 2021, by DAW Books and is the fourth adult novel written by Okorafor. Yet instead of viewing her strange body the way the world views it, as freakish, unnatural, even the work of the devil, AO embraces all that she is: A woman with a ton of major and necessary body augmentations. Noor is a 2022 Africanfuturist science fiction novel by Nigerian American author Nnedi Okorafor. Then came the car accident years later that disabled her even further. Her parents spent most of the days before she was born praying for her peaceful passing because even in-utero she was “wrong”. AO has never really felt…natural, and that’s putting it lightly.

She outlined the concept of Africanfuturism in her TED Talk, comparing her Africa-focused work against the Afrofuturismmovement that tells stories about the African diaspora. To her, these initials have always stood for Artificial Organism. Who Is Nnedi Okorafor Nnedi Okoraforis an award winning Nigerian-American novelist known for her amazing writing across genres and defining Africanfuturism. Now in paperback, from Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful rumination on biotechnology, destiny, and humanity in a near-future Nigeria.Īnwuli Okwudili prefers to be called AO.

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