Young Adult tends to have some themes that are about coming of age, growing independence, relationship to parents (or not), and some limits on how much sex or violence or language is included. I think I probably still would classify the series as young adult, but I am not sure. I approached the first book in the series, Akata Witch as a young adult book. And Okorafor also focuses on female protagonists in a genre that is decidedly male focused as a whole. The African (Nigerian mostly I believe) folklore gives a unique voice to fantasy and science fiction that tends to be based most often on British or at least northern European cultural roots. She has lived in the US on and off for decades. Okorafor is writing with a distinctly African folklore and cultural background, while being accessible to others. I have enjoyed all of them, and they are all different, while feeling like they are by the same author. The Akata series is the third story line. I was first introduced to Okorafor through Binti trilogy and then Who Fears Death. I am frankly more interested in her ventures in the comic book world, where she is both writing her own comic and one about Shuri, the Black Panther’s sister, than I am about her relationship to Martin. Her stature is rising and I have heard frequently over the past few weeks about her being mentored by George RR Martin.
Okorafor is a fantasy author that occasionally mixes science fiction ideas and grounds her books in African folklore and culture. Summary: Sunny Nwazue, an American born Nigerian teen discovered in the last book that she has both powers and dangers she couldn’t dream about, the story continues.Īkata Warrior is the sixth book by Nnedi Okorafor I have read in the past couple of years.
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