Who Fears Death
ABOUT
THE BOOK
In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways, yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. After years of enslaving the Okeke people, the Nuru tribe has decided to follow the Great Book and exterminate the Okeke tribe for good. An Okeke woman who has survived the annihilation of her village and a terrible rape by an enemy general wanders into the desert hoping to die. Instead, she gives birth to an angry baby girl with hair and skin the color of sand. Gripped by the certainty that her daughter is different–special–she names her child Onyesonwu, which means “Who Fears Death?” in an ancient tongue.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
A good book is one which keeps you excited while reading and stays with you long after you have read it. Award winning author, Nnedi Okorafor has that ability to perfectly mix African flavoured realities and fantasy into an original work of literary excellence. Her concepts are universal at the same time unique and epitomized in the various characters she introduces to her readers. Even with its dark overtone, there are profound threads of light and powerful redemption in the storyline. It is the type of book that can appeal to both fiction lovers and the realists.