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Author | Nnedi Okorafor |
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Genre | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy |
Publisher | Hyperion Book (Children's Books) |
Publication date | October 2, 2007 |
Media type | Book |
Pages | 352 |
ISBN | 1-4231-0033-6 |
OCLC | 124156424 |
LC Class | PZ7.O4157 Sh 2007 |
The Shadow Speaker is a young adult, first-person novel by Nigerian-American writer Nnedi Okorafor, which takes place in the year 2070. It was a Booksense Pick for Winter 2007/2008, a Tiptree Honor Book, a finalist for the Essence Magazine Literary Award, the Andre Norton Award and the Golden Duck Award and an NAACP Image Award nominee. [1] A deluxe revised edition of the novel which was earlier out of print was published by DAW Books in 2023 under the title Shadow Speaker. It was followed by a sequel; Like Thunder. [2] [3]
Ejimafor "Ejii" Ugabe is a fourteen-year-old Muslim half- Wodaabe, half- Igbo girl. She lives in the Nigerian village of Kwàmfa. [1] Her father was once the hated dictator-like chief. She lives in the year 2070. The whole world is falling apart due to nuclear fallout in “the early twenty-first century”.
The author uses many references to religion. She uses the Many Minor Signs of the Apocalypse said in the Quran, such as guns not being available and a green haze that smells like flowers, among others.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (August 2016) |
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Author | Nnedi Okorafor |
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Genre | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy |
Publisher | Hyperion Book (Children's Books) |
Publication date | October 2, 2007 |
Media type | Book |
Pages | 352 |
ISBN | 1-4231-0033-6 |
OCLC | 124156424 |
LC Class | PZ7.O4157 Sh 2007 |
The Shadow Speaker is a young adult, first-person novel by Nigerian-American writer Nnedi Okorafor, which takes place in the year 2070. It was a Booksense Pick for Winter 2007/2008, a Tiptree Honor Book, a finalist for the Essence Magazine Literary Award, the Andre Norton Award and the Golden Duck Award and an NAACP Image Award nominee. [1] A deluxe revised edition of the novel which was earlier out of print was published by DAW Books in 2023 under the title Shadow Speaker. It was followed by a sequel; Like Thunder. [2] [3]
Ejimafor "Ejii" Ugabe is a fourteen-year-old Muslim half- Wodaabe, half- Igbo girl. She lives in the Nigerian village of Kwàmfa. [1] Her father was once the hated dictator-like chief. She lives in the year 2070. The whole world is falling apart due to nuclear fallout in “the early twenty-first century”.
The author uses many references to religion. She uses the Many Minor Signs of the Apocalypse said in the Quran, such as guns not being available and a green haze that smells like flowers, among others.