This essay critically examines Okorafor's new conception of postcolonialism as enabled by the form of speculative fiction, and it explores how her imagined Africa contests our understanding of what “postcolonial” means. Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor: 9780756418762 : Books Deluxe, expanded edition of an out-of-print early novel from Africanfuturist luminary Nnedi Okorafor, with a brand-new introduction from the author Driven. Her imagined post-apocalyptic Africa allows her to explore the idea of a truly postcolonial Africa, free from neocolonial bonds. In her novels The Shadow Speaker (2007) and Who Fears Death (2010), Nnedi Okorafor does just this. Accordingly, says Hopkinson, postcolonial writers must “take the meme of colonizing the natives, and, from the experience of the colonizee, critique it, pervert it, fuck with it” (9). While the genre has a long and deeply problematic history of depicting conquest and colonialism as glorious enterprises, Hopkinson rather suggests that speculative fiction can offer unique and invaluable opportunities for representing the colonial, postcolonial, and neocolonial conditions. Now in an updated edition with a new introduction from the author herself, Shadow Speaker contains the powerful prose and compelling stories that have made Nnedi Okorafor a star of the literary science fiction and fantasy space and put her at the forefront of Africanfuturist fiction.ABSTRACT In the introduction to her edited anthology So Long Been Dreaming (2004), Nalo Hopkinson argues that postcolonial voices must engage with speculative fiction. Nnedi Okorafor says this about Shadow Speaker: “An unexpected apocalypse, spontaneous forests, polyandry, strange insects, fast cars, a new type of Sahara Desert, male beauty contests, death, robust chiefs schooled in martial arts, crafty assassins, this novel has many lives.” And then she discovers that her travels across the sands of the Sahara have a deeper purpose. With a newfound friend by her side, Ejii comes face to face with an earth turned inside out - and with her own mystical ability. Who Fears Death is a science fantasy novel by Nigerian-American writer Nnedi Okorafor, published in 2010 by DAW, an imprint of Penguin Books. In a time of mind-blowing technology and seductive mysticism, Ejii embarks on a journey to track down her father’s killer. When fifteen-year old Ejii witnesses her father’s beheading, her world shatters. With a newfound friend by her side, Ejii. In an era of mind-blowing technology and seductive magic, Ejii embarks on a mystical journey to track down her father's killer. When 15-year old Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, her world shatters. Nominated for Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult. 2007 book by Nnedi Okorafor (as Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu). Deluxe, expanded edition of an out-of-print early novel from Africanfuturist luminary Nnedi Okorafor, with a brand-new introduction from the author. by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu (Published by Jump at the Sun).
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