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Nnedi Okorafor

3 universes Last reviewed 2026-08-18

Nnedi Okorafor was born April 8, 1974, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Igbo Nigerian parents; her first name means 'mother is good' in Igbo. She holds a BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an MA in journalism from Michigan State University, and both an MA and PhD in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and is a 2001 graduate of the Clarion Writers Workshop. She has held academic appointments at Chicago State University, SUNY Buffalo, and, since 2021, as Professor of Practice at Arizona State University; she resides in Phoenix, Arizona. Her novels include Who Fears Death (2010), Lagoon (2014), Noor (2021), and Death of the Author (2025), alongside young adult series such as the Akata Witch trilogy, the Binti trilogy, and the Shadow Speaker duology, plus comics including Black Panther: Long Live the King. She has won a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (2011), a Hugo Award and Nebula Award for Best Novella (2016 and 2015), and an Eisner Award (2020), and coined the terms 'Africanfuturism' and 'Africanjujuism' for her work centering African heritage in speculative fiction.

Universe(s)

Who Fears Death

  • Core Canon books: 2
  • Current rank: #526 in the official ranking
  • Weighted average: 3.93
  • Award recognitions: 2 won, 1 finalist mention, 1 nomination

The Nsibidi Scripts

  • Core Canon books: 3
  • Current rank: #246 in the official ranking
  • Weighted average: 4.08
  • Award recognitions: 2 won, 1 nomination

Binti

  • Core Canon books: 3
  • Current rank: #583 in the official ranking
  • Weighted average: 3.90
  • Award recognitions: 2 won, 2 nomination

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