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Who Fears Death
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Who Fears Death (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Nnedi Okorafor (Author) (edit contributors)

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An award-winning literary author presents her first foray into supernatural fantasy with a novel of post-apocalyptic Africa. In a far future, post-nuclear-holocaust Africa, genocide plagues one region. The aggressors, the Nuru, have decided to follow the Great Book and exterminate the... read more

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  • Osugbo: The ruling council of Jwahir.

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My life fell apart when I was sixteen.

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PART I: BECOMING
Chapter 1: My Father's Face
Chapter 2: Papa
Chapter 3: Interrupted Conversation
Chapter 4: Eleventh Year Rite
Chapter 5: The One Who Is Calling
Chapter 6: Eshu
Chapter 7: Lessons Learned
Chapter 8: Lies
Chapter 9: Nightmare
Chapter 10: Ndiichie
Chapter 11: Luyu's Determination
Chapter 12: A Vulture's Arrogance
Chapter 13: Ani's Sunshine
Chapter 14: The Storyteller
Chapter 15: The House of Osugbo

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  • Ewu: A child of rape, specifically of a Nuru man's rape of an Okeke woman.
  • Eshu: A shape-changer.

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  1. Nnedi Okorafor (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: DAW Hardcover
Country: USA
Publication Date: 6-1-10
ISBN: 978-0756406172
Page Count: 304

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Reading Level: Adults

Although Okorafor has also published books for the young adult market, <i>Who Fears Death</i> is definitely a book written for adults, with graphic scenes of disproportionately vengeful violence and painfully detailed descriptions of female circumcision. Use your judgment to determine if your child is mature enough to handle these topics.

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