“The House of Deformities” is original to this collection.
“The Black Stain” is original to this collection.
“How Inyang Got Her Wings” is original to this collection.
“On the Road” first appeared in Eclipse 3, 2009.
“Spider the Artist” first appeared in Seeds of Change, 2008.
“The Ghastly Bird” is original to this collection.
“Asuquo” first appeared in Mojo: Conjure Stories, 2003, reprinted as “The Winds of Harmattan” in Black Arts Quarterly, 2005
“Long Juju Man” first appeared in Alchemy 1, 2003.
“The Carpet” jointly first appeared in this collection and The Dark, 2013.
“Icon” first appeared in Looking Glass Magazine, 2010.
“The Popular Mechanic” first appeared in InterNova, 2007.
“Windseekers” first appeared in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, 2002.
“Bakasi Man” is original to this collection.
“The Baboon War” first appeared in Jungle Jim 7, 2012.
“Asunder” first appeared in African Writing Online, 2007.
“Tumaki” first appeared in Without a Map, 2010.
“Biafra” first appeared in Margin: Exploring Modern Magical Realism, 2005.
“Moom!” first appeared in AfriSF, 2012.
“The Palm Tree Bandit” first appeared in Strange Horizons, 2001.
About the Author
Nnedi Okorafor is a novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism. Her novels include Who Fears Death (winner of the World Fantasy Award), Akata Witch (an Amazon Best Book of the Year), Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature), and The Shadow Speaker (winner of the Parallax Award). Her children’s book Long Juju Man is the winner of the Macmillan Writer’s Prize for Africa. Her science-fiction novel Lagoon and young adult novel Akata Witch 2: Breaking Kola are scheduled for release in 2014. Holding two master’s degrees and a PhD in Literature, Okorafor is a professor of creative writing at Chicago State University. Find her on Facebook, Twitter and at nnedi.com.
Nnedi Okorafor, Kabu Kabu
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