Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Zahrah the Windseeker (Houghton Mifflin) is Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu’s first novel. Her second novel, Ejii the Shadow Speaker, is published by Hyperion Books for Children. Nnedi’s short stories have been published in anthologies and magazines, including Dark Matter II, Strange Horizons, the Margin Anthology of Magical Realism and Writers of the Future, Volume XVIII. Nnedi lives with her daughter, Anyaugo, and family in
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Zahrah the Windseeker – An Excerpt from the Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu Novel
- By Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
- Published January 11, 2008
- Fiction Bits
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We all carry mirrors in our pockets, and we take them out every so often to inspect our reflection and make sure we look good. On top of that, our clothes click with tiny style mirrors embedded into the collars and hems. They’re really lovely...
The Palm Wine Bandit - A Short Story by by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
- By Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
- Published August 14, 2005
- Short Stories
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"You see, palm wine carried power to the first person to touch and drink it. Supposedly women would evaporate into thin air because they weren't capable of withstanding such power. Women were weak creatures..."
Amphibious Green - A Short Story by by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
- By Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
- Published May 23, 2005
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"You're a nigger lover, Jimmy!" one of the boys sang out the window from the back of the bus. "Yeah, your lips are gonna turn black and get all fat by tomorrow! Ha ha!"