DiverSci-Fi Book Club - Now Reading "Who Fears Death" by Nnedi Okorafor

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Adult
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Here we go reading again!

This is an adult book club with the aim of being open and accessible to everyone, and to read as many sci-fi & fantasy works from diverse authors as we can.

This month, we're diving into Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor.

"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 Okeke. The only surviving member of a slain Okeke village manages to escape, wandering far into the desert. She gives birth to a baby girl with hair and skin the color of sand and instinctively knows that her daughter is different. She names her daughter Onyesonwu, which means "Who Fears Death?" in an ancient African tongue.

Reared under the tutelage of a mysterious and traditional shaman, Onyesonwu discovers her magical destiny – to end the genocide of her people. The journey to fulfill her destiny will force her to grapple with nature, tradition, history, true love, the spiritual mysteries of her culture – and eventually death itself."

-Goodreads.com

You can find copies of the book within our catalog!

This book club meets online only on the first Thursday of each month.