The lineage of forest worlds in African literature:
Chinua Achebe’s evil forest
Wọle Ṣóyínká’s cosmic forest
Thomas Mofolo’s forest of imperial dreams
Amos Tutuola’s endless fractal forest
Nnedi Okorafor’s aquatic forest
@nnedi.bsky.social I found it at a locally owned bookstore!
Dumbasses accusing me of “hating people” in this post are blocked.
If you can’t understand how terrifying this shit was, I can’t help you and I really don’t want to interact with you as a whole.
Heehee, I’m in the Chicago Sun-Times crossword, 😃. And I love that a classmate from my PhD program is the one who pointed it out to me.
Finished Nnedi Okorafor's brilliant and compelling Death of the Author. Like reading 3 books at the same time; a narrative of an author and her Nigerian family, a sci-fi futurist novel, and a biography of the author. Just beautiful story telling. 9 billion out of 5 stars!
I also love that I’m *finally* ALSO getting called a scifi author.
For years, no matter what I’d write, they kept calling me a “fantasy author”, 🤦🏾♀️ (and even for a while, a “Marvel author”, 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️…a side quest should never define you).
At some point, I hope to just be Nnedi Okorafor THE Author ✍🏾.
My daughter took this photo in her room last night. Such a vibe.
Today, I was on a plane to JFK when suddenly everyone on the plane started gasping and shouting and going ape shit. I have not been that terrified on a plane in a long time. Turned out to be something about a basketball game or something. Man, I was so angry, 😡.
I could not care less about whatever. No reason for people to act like that on a plane. NO.
I seriously don’t get why people act like that. Mind you, I’ve actually BEEN a competitive athlete.