Orlu and Sunny walk home together, and Sunny meets Orlu’s mouthy neighbor, Chichi, whom she finds annoying. One day, Sunny is attacked by bullies who back off only after a classmate, Orlu, insists they let Sunny speak. She explains how confusing she appears to others as an albino American-Nigerian who occupies different notions of identity.Īt school, Sunny is teased by her classmates and called “ akata witch,” a derogatory name for African Americans. Sunny sees a vision of the end of the world in a candle flame. Sunny Nwazue is a 12-year-old girl with albinism who was born in the United States to parents of Igbo ethnicity and now lives in Nigeria with her family.
This guide references the 2017 Speak reprint paperback edition of the novel. In 2012, the American Library Association placed Akata Witch on its list of Best Fiction for Young Adults and on the Amelia Bloomer Book List. Akata Witch is followed by two sequels, Akata Warrior (2017) and Akata Woman (2022). As is true of Akata Witch, her novels are often set in West Africa and foreground West African mythologies, cultures, and perspectives. She grew up in the United States as the child of Nigerian immigrants.
Okorafor holds a doctorate in literature and has written more than a dozen science fiction and fantasy books.
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