The Shadow Speaker Explained

The Shadow Speaker
Author:Nnedi Okorafor
Genre:Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher:Hyperion Book (Children's Books)
Pub Date:October 2, 2007
Media Type:Book
Pages:352
Isbn:1-4231-0033-6
Congress:PZ7.O4157 Sh 2007
Oclc:124156424

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. 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. [1] [2]

Plot

Ejimafor "Ejii" Ugabe is a fourteen-year-old Muslim half-Wodaabe, half-Igbo girl. She lives in the Nigerian village of Kwàmfa.[3] 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”.

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Religion

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cyborg writer Nnedi Okorafor shares cover of upcoming novel .
  2. Web site: 2023-10-18 . 'Shadow Speaker' Marries Mysticism, Magic, and Africanfuturism - The Fandomentals . 2024-04-03 . www.thefandomentals.com . en-us.
  3. Web site: Nnedi's Wahala Zone Blog: The Shadow Speaker: Info and Advance Praise Zahrah the Windseeker: The paperback. nnedi.blogspot.co.uk. 2016-05-11.