LaGuardia by Nnedi Okorafor

Summary: A fictional story in response to the Muslim immigration/travel ban from the first Trump administration. I picked this up on sale years ago, but like many books I pick up on sale, it can takes years get around to reading it. I read it today in part because I have been trying to decide … Read more

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

Summary: A girl finds herself with powers she did not ask for, without a name or a family. Remote Control is the seventh book I have read by Nnedi Okorafor, but the first in the last four years. I continue to like this length of book, a long novella or a short novel. The print … Read more

Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor

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. Akata Warrior is the sixth book by Nnedi Okorafor I have read in the past couple of years. Okorafor is a fantasy author that occasionally mixes science fiction … Read more

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

Summary: The child of a violent rape in a post-apocalyptic future Africa is named Onyesonwu, or Who Fears Death. Who Fears Death seems to be Nnedi Okorafor’s best-known book. But that may be surpassed with her recent Binti trilogy. This is the fifth of Okorafor’s books I have read in the last 18 months or so. … Read more

Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor

Summary: After spending a year at college, Binti goes home to face her family. Science Fiction is the perfect genre to explore so many different ideas. Binti and its follow-up book Binti: Home are both mostly about what it means to grow up, leave home, and be changed by the process so that you are … Read more

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Summary: An African teen in the future leaves her (traditional) home to attend a university on another planet. A couple of days ago, I was describing Octavia Butler as the only female African American science fiction author that I could think of. The next day, I received an email from Amazon about a book they … Read more