The doctor prescribes a serum made from an unfertilized Elgort (a huge dinosaur-like creature) egg as the only cure for Dari's ailment. Zahrah discovers her ability to fly as a windseeker, but she is afraid of heights, which makes her feel anxious.ĭuring one of their secret trips to the greeny jungle to practice and explore with the aid of a digibook written by explorers, Dari is bitten by a snake and falls into a deep coma. She was born with Dada, which means vines grow among her hair, and she is often ridiculed by her peers, except for her best friend, Dari.

Zahrah Tsami is thirteen years old and lives with her parents. The kingdom is enclosed by the forbidden greeny jungle. Children who are born with Dada (dreadlocks) are despised because of an old rumor about them possessing magical abilities. The novel takes place in the fictional northern kingdom of Ooni, located on the planet Ginen, where technology is made using plants. It is the winner of the 2008 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. It incorporates myths and folklore and culture of Nigeria. Okorafor is a full professor at the University at Buffalo, New York (SUNY).Zahrah the Windseeker is a young adult fantasy novel and the debut novel of Nigerian American writer Nnedi Okorafor, published in September 2005. Meanwhile, her book Who Fears Death has been optioned by HBO, with Game of Thrones' George R.R. The final installment of the Binti Trilogy, titled The Night Masquerade, will be released in September 2017, and the sequel to Akata Witch (titled Akata Warrior) is was published in October 2017. Her children’s book Chicken in the Kitchen won an Africana Book Award. Clarke Award finalist, while the first book in the Binti Trilogy won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novella. Her 2016 novel The Book of Phoenix is an Arthur C. Her books include Lagoon (a British Science Fiction Association Award finalist for best novel), Who Fears Death (a World Fantasy Award winner for best novel), Kabu Kabu (a Publisher's Weekly best book for Fall 2013), Akata Witch (an best book of the year), Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature) and The Shadow Speaker (a CBS Parallax Award winner). Born in the US to Nigerian immigrant parents, Okorafor is known for weaving African cultures into creative settings and memorable characters. Nnedi Okorafor is an award-winning novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy and magical realism.

Zahrah the windseeker by nnedi okorafor