by Nnedi Okorafor, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Some strange synchronicity.... Plotting out a survey of World Literature I was to teach I began seeking some end-of-semester new addition, a vaguely-formed notion that it'd be fun/useful to move away from the national frame, to think about literature in the era of globalization using science fiction...
Much stronger than the first book! In near-future Nigeria, after a half-cataclysmic, half-utopian change that's merging Earth with fairy worlds (including Gimen, the setting of [book:Zahrah the Windseeker], Ejii goes on a journey to prevent an outbreak of war. Ejii is a shadow speaker: shadows tell...