![]() ![]() ![]() As she grows, so do her abilities, and during an inadvertent visit to the spirit realm, she learns something terrifying: someone powerful is trying to kill her. Even as a child, she manifests the beginnings of a remarkable and unique magic. Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor 4.4 (50) Paperback 18.00 Paperback 18.00 eBook 8.99 Audiobook 44.99 Audio MP3 on CD 9.99 Audio CD 14. She is expected to live a life of violence, a half-breed rejected by her community. It doesn’t take long for Onye to understand that she is physically and socially marked by the circumstances of her conception. Gripped by the certainty that her daughter is different – special – she names her Onyesonwu, which means ‘Who fears death?’ in an ancient language. Instead, she gives birth to an angry baby girl with hair and skin the colour of sand. A woman who has survived the annihilation of her village and a terrible rape by an enemy general wanders into the desert, hoping to die. In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. ![]()
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