![]() ![]() As readers, we navigate the futurescape through the eyes of Noor’s cybernetically augmented protagonist, AO Oju. In terms of plotting, Noor provides a fairly standard, serviceable speculative fiction novel. In this future, an enormous, endless sandstorm known as the Red Eye swirls ceaselessly over “miles and miles and miles of Northern Nigeria,” and massive machines called Noors gather energy from the natural disaster. Like many of her previous Africanfuturist works, Okorafor grounds this novel in “African culture, history, mythology and point-of-view.” Noor presents a version of Nigeria a few generations removed from our present moment. In 2021 alone, she published two long-form prose pieces: Remote Control, which has been met with wide acclaim and was dubbed the “ anti- Binti” by Dan Friedman, along with the newest addition to her catalog, Noor. Okorafor is as prolific as she is beloved, having published nearly 30 works in the last 16 years - from comics to novels to picture books - and with over 15 awards and honors adorning her bibliography. This focus isn’t surprising Okorafor, of course, coined the term “Africanfuturism,” and her blogpost defining the subgenre and its cousin Africanjujuism sent waves through creative and scholastic spheres. IN AN ESSAY on Afro- and Africanfuturism published by the LARB, poet/critic Hope Wabuke analyzes and admires the work of storyteller Nnedi Okorafor. ![]()
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