Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedimma Nkemdili "Nnedi" OkoraforÉwn malábó:Ipac-en (ma bí Okorafor-Mbachu; efu óchu ekélé nolu méjo efu ódò , 1974)[1] íche oma Nigerian American kía kí ótakada yí science fiction kpaí fantasy lugbo abo ogijo manyu Abímoto í chéné ku ma ñyọ ñyọ efu eñwu ye í Binti Series kpaí ótakada oluka kí ko Who Fears Death, Zahrah the Windseeker, Akata Witch, Akata Warrior, Lagoon manyu Remote Control. Í che eñ ko‘takada eí comics kpai ífímu.
Ótakada ñw kí ko ché ye í Africanfuturism kpaí Africanjujuism, kí chí yeokpalí todu úché aalí ye í Nigerian kpaí American kí gba.[2][3] ìchẹ kì chẹ gɓà àwọɗù ŵèwè,i chẹnẹ ki ni award wewe, ami award lẹ chi Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Eisner Award ma'nyu World Fantasy Award. I chẹnẹ ku ma goru ẹnẹ ka efu ami third generation of Nigerian writers.[4]
Ogbegbele ma'nyu ọlayi nwu
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Nnedimma Nkemdili Okorafor mábí efúewo Cincinnati, Ohio, efù ọdọ 1974 Atá kpáì ìye nwu çhì ìgbọtì Igbo. Má lotì úlẹ ojìánẹ Amẹnẹfù efù ọdọ 1969 náćhì ćhegbúlú [5] Éwn malábó:Clarify ámáá má neke dábìwá wì Nigeria átòdú újá Cívíl Nigerian .[6] íćhe nì ọtákídá ọmánẹ ámẹnẹfú kgáì Nigeria.[7]
Okorafor ćhi ẹnẹkẹ ẹtá efú ámọmá mẹlẹ kúmáćhe, i chi ọma ẹkẹta efu akwọra ọma m'ẹlẹ ma'nyu i gba'kpa efu Chicago, Illinois, tiko tiko ya loti Nigeria ki na mijọ kpai ami efu nwu.[8] odu nwu eju'odudu chi Igbo ẹtẹ nwu chi"Iye che nyọ".[9]
Adiko ẹgba ki ya loti Homewood-Flossmoor High School efu Flossmoor, Illinois, Okorafor chẹnẹ ku ma mọ ugbo du ka kini ya tichẹ ku ma dọ ki tennis ma'nyu track star[10] ma'nyu ele gbọ gba efu egbaluka kpai sciences. Ina tene ki chi entomologist.[11]
Ma ka kini ma li ọga ku ma dọ ki scoliosis ọla nwu ẹgba ki chi ọma ọdọ mi 13, akanya ki wa biẹnẹ alu ki na chi ogwujo. Ẹgba ki chi ọdọ 19, i lefu spinal fusion surgery ki jẹ nwu nadala ; ẹnwu lẹ jẹnwu ki Okorafor ki chẹ nẹ ki kwi ago nya nẹ ma chukọlọ-n.[10]
I kpoji ichikulu ọgba yi University eyi Illinois ki di Urbana-Champaign, takini iwa ni ọtakada eyi ki nwọ tọgba eyi ki nẹ kwu bi efu journalism kwi Michigan State University ma'nyu PhD efu English kwi University eyi Illinois, Chicago.[12][13] i chẹnẹ ki che kpa efu ọdọ 2001 kwi Clarion Writers Workshop ki defu Lansing, Michigan. Abajọ-i i d'odo kpai am'ibo akwọra nwu yi efewo Arizona.[14]
Ukọlọ
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Ita'ki dẹ pẹ
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Efu ọdọ 2001 Okorafor gbi Hurston-Wright literary award todu alọ ki kpa "Amphibious Green".[15] Ita kẹkẹ ki Okorafor kọ lẹ kpo dufu efu anthologies ma'nyu magazines, idagbẹ ki chi Dark Matter: Reading The Bones, Enkare Review, Strange Horizons, Moondance magazine, ma'nyu Writers of the Future Alu oji mẹ gwẹjọ. Ikpa ami ọhiala nwu lẹ, ma dọ ki Kabu Kabu, a che ki dufu chi Prime Books efu ọdọ 2013. Efu nwu ini e ku ma dọ ki titular piece, ki onwu kpai Alan Dean Foster kọ,
Efu ochu ebie efu ọdọ 2017, Okorafor ka dufu le fu Twitter kakini Ẹnẹ kiya ch'okpo ukwu HBO mu du ki chi eyi ku ma go kẹkẹ kẹkẹ lefu television , ma'nyu novelist kpai ẹnẹ ki chi Game of Thrones odu nwu chi George R. R. Martin i wa dama kpai to ku ma neke che ufu onwu chi agbọji.[16] Okorafor adefu ukọlọ lẹ alu ki ya na ch'onwu ana chẹnẹ ku ma nene adiko gbo gbo taki ma chu kọlọ lẹ kpa.[17] ochu eju'odudu efu ọdọ 2021, ma kadu fu kakìnì Tessa Thompson kpo dama ma nyuma.[18]
Efu ochu ẹkẹlẹ efu ọdọ 2019, ma ka dufu kakini Okorafor adama kọ eyi ku ma du ña go Octavia Butler's Wild Seed onwu kpai ẹnẹ ki ya chi fimu ku ma dọki Wanuri Kahiu nwi Amazon Prime Video ma'nyu ekagbọ kakini Viola Davis ache ki dufu.[19]
Efu ochu eju'odudu ọdọ 2020, ma ka dufu kakini Okorafor abu ma kọ eyi ku ma du ña go eyi Binti trilogy nwi Hulu onwu kpai ẹnẹ kiya k'ọtakada ku ma dọ ki Stacy Osei-Kuffour.[20][21]
Ukọlọ kibo
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Efu ọdọ 2005, Okorafor kọ ma'nyu di ukọlọ nwu eju'odudu dufu ku ma dọ ki, Full Moon. Buxville Theater Company ki defu lẹChicago bọ du dufu .[22]
Efu ọdọ 2009, Okorafor mi ukọlọ nwu du nwu Science Fiction ma'nyu Fantasy Writers eyi America (SFWA) oka efu unyi Rare Books ma'nyu unyi eyi ọkwu ki di ugbo ọtakìda Northern Illinois University.[23]
Okorafor chi Agbadu kiya k'ọtakada i chi Ẹnẹ ọkwu Ojima ugbo Detcon1, adiko 2014 North American Science Fiction Convention; [24]
Ikọla ugbo TEDGlobal ujeju efu Arusha, Tanzania, efu ochu ẹjọ ọdọ 2017.[25]
Efu ochu ẹgwa ọdọ 2017, Okorafor ka dufu lefu Twitter ka kini yana kọ l'ugbo ak'anya m'ẹta nwi Marvel's Black Panther, i chanẹ kwi ugbo ki ẹnẹ kiya k'ọtakada Ta-Nehisi Coates tọnọ tanẹ. Ak'anya eju'odudu eyi Black Panther: Onu ki kpoji ologbo, ma du dufu efu ochu ẹgweji efu ọdọ 2017.
Enwu ele Ojima
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Novel and Novellas
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Ach'anyi
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Éwn malábó:Abbr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Award | 2019 | Best Graphic Album | Black Panther: Long Live The King | نامزد | [27] |
| 2021 | LaGuardia | Éwn malábó:Won | [32] | ||
| Nommo Award | 2019 | Best Graphic Novel | Shuri | Éwn malábó:Won | [27] |
| Black Panther:Long Live The King | نامزد | [27] | |||
| Eisner Award | 2021 | Best Graphic Album - Reprint | LaGuardia | Éwn malábó:Won | [32] |
fiction kekele, memoir ma'nyu Novelette
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Éwn malábó:Abbr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locus Award | 2011 | Best Novelette | The Book of Phoenix | نامزد | [27] |
| 2022 | The Black Pages | Éwn malábó:CFinalist | [29] | ||
| 2017 | Best Short Story | Africanfuturist 419 | نامزد | [27] | |
| 2019 | Mother of Invention | Éwn malábó:CFinalist | [27] | ||
| 2020 | Best nonfiction | Broken Places and Outer Spaces:Finding Creativity in the Unexpected | نامزد | [27] | |
| Best Short Story | Binti: Sacred fire | Éwn malábó:Won | [27] | ||
| Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award | 2005 | Best Short Story | The Magical Negro | Éwn malábó:Sho | [27] |
| Ignotus Award | 2019 | Foreign Short Story | Binti | Éwn malábó:Won | [27] |
| WSFA Small Press Award | 2008 | Best Short Story | Spider the Artist | نامزد | [27] |
Eyi Kibọ
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]- 2005 – The Strange Horizons Reader's Choice Award for Stephen King's Super-Duper Magical Negroes[22]
- 2007–2008 – Macmillan Writers' Prize for Africa for Long Juju Man[30]
- 2008 – Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa for Zahrah the Windseeker[33]
- 2012 – Black Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature (Fiction) for Zahrah the Windseeker[34][35]
- 2015 – African Literary Person of the Year from Brittle Paper[36]
- 2016 – Children's Africana Book Award for Best Book for Young Readers for Chicken in the Kitchen[37]
- Mathical Honors for Binti[38]
Ẹtẹ unyi nwu
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Imọtọ
- Long Juju Man (2009, Macmillan Africa)
- Iridessa and the Secret of the Never Mine (2012, Disney Books)
- Chicken in the Kitchen (2020, Lantana publishing)
Agbadufu
- Zahrah the Windseeker (2005, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; paperback 2008, Graphia/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)—writing as Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
- The Shadow Speaker (2007, Hyperion/Disney)—writing as Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
- Akata Witch (2011, Viking/Penguin) (published as What Sunny Saw in the Flames in Nigeria and the UK by Cassava Republic Press)
- Akata Warrior (2017, Viking/Penguin/PRH) (published as Sunny and the Mysteries of Osisi in Nigeria and the UK by Cassava Republic Press)
- Ikenga (2020, Viking/Penguin/PRH)
- Akata Woman (2022, Viking/Penguin/PRH)
Ogijo
- Who Fears Death (2010, DAW/Penguin)
- "Hello, Moto" (2011, Tor.com)[39]
- "Moom!" short story in "AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers" (2012, Storytime)[40]
- Kabu Kabu (2013, Prime Books)
- "It's War" short story in "Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History" (2014, Crossed Genres)
- Lagoon (2014, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.) (2015, Saga Press/Simon & Schuster)
- The Book of Phoenix (2015, DAW/Penguin/PRH) (prequel of Who Fears Death)
- Binti (2015, Tor.com)
- Binti: Home (2017, Tor.com)
- Binti: The Night Masquerade (2018, Tor.com)
- Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected (TED Books) (2019, TED/Simon & Schuster)
- "Sunrise" short story in Africanfuturism: An Anthology (2020, Brittle Paper)
- Remote Control (2021, Tor.com)
- Noor (2021, DAW/Penguin/PRH)
- She Who Knows trilogy (2024, DAW/Penguin/PRH)
Ach'anyi
- Black Panther: Long Live the King (2017, Marvel)
- LaGuardia (2018, Dark Horse)
- Shuri (2018, Marvel)
- Wakanda Forever (2018, Marvel)
- Antar: the Black Knight (2018, IDW/Mirage Films)
- Shuri: Wakanda Forever (2020, Marvel)
- After The Rain (2021, Abrams ComicArts – Megascope)
Selected filmography
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]- Brave New Souls: Black Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers of the 21st Century (2013) – Herself[41]
Ẹtẹ nwu
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]- ↑ "Nnedi Okorafor | Authors". Macmillan (in American English). Retrieved ochu ekela 23, 2022.
- ↑ Wabuke, Hope (ochu ekejo 27, 2020). "Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, and the Language of Black Speculative Literature". Los Angeles Review of Books (in English). Retrieved ochu ekela 23, 2022.
- ↑ Ewn madú gbigalí kí manyó: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named "2019blog". - ↑ Umezurike, Chukwuebuka (ochu ajodudu 23, 2022). "New Nigerian Literature Unsung Heroes". ThisDay Newspaper. Retrieved ochu ajodudu 23, 2022.
- ↑ "Authors : Okorafor, Nnedi : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com.
- ↑ Wabuke, Hope. "Nnedi Okorafor Is Putting Africans at the Center of Science Fiction and Fantasy". The Root (in American English). Retrieved ochu ekeji 23, 2018.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/nnedi/status/1288127980506509313
- ↑ Alter, Alexandra (ochu ekegwa 6, 2017). "Nnedi Okorafor and the Fantasy Genre She Is Helping Redefine". The New York Times (in American English). ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved ochu ekelu 8, 2022.
- ↑ Okorafor, Nnedi (ochu ekelu 11, 2014). "My full name is Nnedimma. It means 'mother is good' in Igbo. 'Nnedi' means 'mother is'. Mothers r celebrated any time someone calls my name". Twitter. Retrieved ochu ekeji 24, 2018.
- 1 2 "The speculative fiction of UB faculty member Nnedi Okorafor". University at Buffalo. Retrieved ochu eketa 4, 2018.
- ↑ Ewn madú gbigalí kí manyó: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named "NYTimes". - ↑ "Nnedi Okorafor, Biography". www.mynigeria.com. Retrieved ochu ekeji 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor to join ASU as professor of practice". ASU News (in English). ochu ekebie 20, 2021. Retrieved ochu eketa 30, 2022.
- ↑ "Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor, Hardcover". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved ochu ekeji 19, 2017.
- ↑ "Welcome to www.hurston-wright.org". Archived from the original on ochu ekebie 26, 2011. Retrieved ochu ekebie 31, 2016.
- ↑ Rogo, Paula (ochu ekela 18, 2017). "Author Nnedi Okorafor's 'Who Fears God' To Become An HBO Series. But Why Is George R R Martin Getting The Credit?". Essence.com. Retrieved ochu ekegwa–oka 15, 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ↑ Caron, Nathalie. "Who Fears Death picked up by HBO, George R.R. Martin producing". Syfy (in English). Retrieved ochu ekegwa–oka 15, 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ↑ White, Peter (ochu ajodudu 15, 2021). "Tessa Thompson Launches Production Company With First-Look Deal At HBO/HBO Max, Will EP 'Who Fears Death' & 'The Secret Lives Of Church Ladies' Adaptations". Deadline (in American English). Retrieved ochu ekele 23, 2022.
- ↑ Martinez, Hezra (ochu ekele 3, 2019). "Octavia Butler's Wild Seed to Be Adapted for the Small Screen". The Portalist. io9. Retrieved ochu ekejo 19, 2019.
- ↑ Liptak, Andrew (ochu ajodudu 14, 2020). "Hulu Has Ordered a Pilot for Nnedi Okorafor's Binti Series, Penned by the Author". Tor.com (in American English). Retrieved ochu ekegwa 7, 2022.
- ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (ochu ajodudu 14, 2020). "'Binti' Adaptation From Michael Ellenberg in the Works at Hulu (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved ochu ekegwa 7, 2022.
- 1 2 "Nnedi Okorafor". ZODML (in English). ochu ekela 22, 2014. Retrieved ochu ekeji 24, 2018.
- ↑ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection Éwn malábó:Webarchive, Northern Illinois University.
- ↑ "Nnedi Okorafor to be Young Adult Author Special Guest at Detcon1". detcon1.org. ochu ekeji 10, 2014. Archived from the original on ochu ekele 5, 2016. Retrieved ochu ekebie 31, 2016.
- ↑ "Nnedi Okorafor's TED Talk Explains Afrofuturism vs. Science Fiction Using the Octopus Analogy". Tor.com. ochu ekegwa–oka 2, 2017.
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- 1 2 "Nnedi Okorafor | Authors | Macmillan". US Macmillan (in American English). Retrieved ochu ekegwa–oka 17, 2017.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named ":2". - ↑ Jordison, Sam (ochu ekegwa–oka 12, 2008). "A Nobel example for our books prize judges". The Guardian (in British English). ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved ochu ekegwa–oka 17, 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ↑ Okorafor, Nnedi. "Zahrah the Windseeker – Nnedi Okorafor". nnedi.com (in English). Retrieved ochu ekegwa–oka 17, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ↑ "Zahrah the Windseeker wins the Black Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature (Fiction)". Nnedi's Wahala Zone Blog. ochu ekegwa 30, 2012.
- ↑ "The 2015 Brittle Paper African Literary Person of the Year Is Nnedi Okorafor". Brittle Paper. ochu ekegwe–eji 14, 2015. Retrieved ochu ekefa 19, 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ↑ Okorafor, Nnedi. "Chicken in the Kitchen – Nnedi Okorafor". nnedi.com. Retrieved ochu ekegwa–oka 17, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ↑ "Mathical Book Prizes 2021" (PDF).
- ↑ Okorafor, Nnedi (ochu ekegwa–oka 2, 2011). "Hello, Moto". Tor.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ↑ Hartmann, Ivor W., ed. (2012). AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers. StoryTime. ASIN B00AEUH112.
- ↑ Obensen, Tambay A. (ochu ekebie 2013). "Sneak Peek: 'Brave New Souls: Black Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers of the 21st Century'". IndieWire.
Ale t'ọdọda
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]- Nnedi Okorafor Home Page
- Africanfuturism Defined by Nnedi Okorafor
- Mikki Kendall, "A Nigerian Sorceress Makes Her Way", Publishers Weekly, April 12, 2010
- Nebula Awards Guest Blog: Is Africa Ready for Science Fiction by Nnedi Okorafor
- Review of Zahrah the Windseeker by Gary K. Wolfe
- "Stephen King's Super-Duper Magical Negroes" by Okorafor-Mbachu
- "From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7" (short story), Clarkesworld Magazine, May 2009
- Stories by Okorafor at AfricanWriter.com
- "If It Scares You, Write It: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor" (interview), Clarkesworld Magazine, December 2009
- Éwn malábó:Isfdb name
- 2010 Audio Interview on the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast
- "Sci-fi stories that imagine a future Africa". Nnedi Okorafor at TEDGlobal 2017
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