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.ĭesperate 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: Who Fears Death. Even as a child, she manifests the beginnings of a remarkable and unique magic. a child of rape who is expected to live a life of violence, a half-breed rejected by her community. It doesn't take long for Onye to understand that she is physically and socially marked by the circumstances of her conception. she names her Onyesonwu, which means Who fears death? in an ancient language. Gripped by the certainty that her daughter is different- Now optioned as a TV series for HBO, with executive producer George R.R. Instead, she gives birth to an angry baby girl with hair and skin the color of sand. Nigerian-American science-fiction author Nnedi Okorafor announced on July 10 that HBO will be turning her novel Who Fears Death into a television series. Who Fears Death is an Afro futuristic story set in Post Apocalyptic North Africa among the Okeke tribe and their oppressors the Nuru.
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. In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. MartinĪn award-winning literary author enters the world of magical realism with her World Fantasy Award-winning novel of a remarkable woman in post-apocalyptic Africa.
Now optioned as a TV series for HBO, with executive producer George R.
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