Okorafor’s Akata fantasy series for young adults includes Akata Witch (2011), Akata Warrior (2017), and Akata Woman (2022). The story follows a 15-year-old girl as she tries to find her father’s killer and protect her people from destructive forces. Okorafor’s novels tend to reflect both her West-African heritage and American experiences, but in this series she creates a stunningly original world of African magic that draws on Nigerian folk beliefs and rituals instead of relying on the predictable tropes of Western fantasy novels. Okorafor’s second book, The Shadow Speaker (2007), is set in Niger in 2070. She has also received Hugo and Nebula Awards. due to the derogatory meaning of ‘akata’ in some Nigerian dialects) is the first in a trilogy by Hugo and Nebula award-winning Nigerian-American author Nnedi Okorafor. Nnedi Okorafor () is the first black woman to win the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.
Akata Witch (retitled What Sunny Saw in the Flames in Nigeria and the U.K. In the world of the Leopard People, Sunny’s albinism is a portent of great power, but first she has to learn how to wield it. Until, that is, she falls in with a new group of friends who are descended from Leopard People, mysterious practitioners of old magic tied to ancient African religions. Throughout her adventures in Akata Witch and Akata Warrior, she had to navigate the balance between nearly. Not only is she treated like a foreigner, but she is albino and ostracized at school for her differences.
Born in New York to Nigerian parents, 12-year-old Sunny follows her family back to their home country, where she finds it hard to fit in.
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