The Resource Who fears death, Nnedi Okorafor
Who fears death, Nnedi Okorafor
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The item Who fears death, Nnedi Okorafor represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways; yet in one region, genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. A 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 colour of sand. Gripped by the certainty that her daughter is different, she names her Onyesonwu, which means 'Who fears death' in an ancient language. It doesn't take long for Onye to understand that she is physically and socially marked by the circumstances of her conception. She is a child of rape who is expected to live a life of violence, a half-breed rejected by her community. However, even as a child, she manifests the beginnings of a remarkable and unique magic. As she grows, so do her abilities and during an inadvertent visit to the spirit realm, she learns something terrifying: someone powerful is trying to kill her. Desperate to elude her would-be murderer and to understand her own nature, she embarks on a journey in which she grapples with nature, tradition, history, true love, and the spiritual mysteries of her culture, and ultimately learns why she was given the name she bears
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Who fears death
- Title
- Who fears death
- Statement of responsibility
- Nnedi Okorafor
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways; yet in one region, genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. A 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 colour of sand. Gripped by the certainty that her daughter is different, she names her Onyesonwu, which means 'Who fears death' in an ancient language. It doesn't take long for Onye to understand that she is physically and socially marked by the circumstances of her conception. She is a child of rape who is expected to live a life of violence, a half-breed rejected by her community. However, even as a child, she manifests the beginnings of a remarkable and unique magic. As she grows, so do her abilities and during an inadvertent visit to the spirit realm, she learns something terrifying: someone powerful is trying to kill her. Desperate to elude her would-be murderer and to understand her own nature, she embarks on a journey in which she grapples with nature, tradition, history, true love, and the spiritual mysteries of her culture, and ultimately learns why she was given the name she bears
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Okorafor, Nnedi
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- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- Series statement
- Who fears death
- Series volume
- 1
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- Girls
- Magic
- Genocide
- Africa
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Who fears death, Nnedi Okorafor
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p2251110862
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780008288709
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
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- Label
- Who fears death, Nnedi Okorafor
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p2251110862
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780008288709
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
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