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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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*THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · Nov 24
This was my response in The Guardian 3 years ago when I was asked if my work was a response to the prevalence of whiteness in science fiction.

I’m totally patting “January 2021 Nnedi” on the back. Yes, Nnedi. So much yes, 🙌🏾 :
My worlds are African worlds. I'd love to take credit for the culture that is in my worlds' DNA, but I can't. Those cultures existed long before me;I didn't have to imagine them. And my stories certainly don't exist because white male (or female ... let's not forget that white female perspectives also dominate female perspectives in science fiction and fantasy) perspectives refused to imagine them first. My stories aren't a " to whiteness. They exist wholly outside of white-male-anything. These stories that come from my own culture, experiences, from within me, from reflections of specific African cultures. By existing, I'd hope they help bring cultural, ethnic and gender balance to science fiction and fantasy, but that is not my work's reason to exist.
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My daughter has been in the UK for three weeks and she’s coming back today.

On one hand, there was something refreshing about having my child out of this convulsing country. On the other hand…
a little girl is laughing with her fist in the air while wearing a vest and tie .
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January 6, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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It’s always fun looking through past used book purchases only to realize you have an author signed copy! 📖🖋️
Noor by @nnedi.bsky.social
Signed title page of Noor by Nnedi Okorafor Cover of book Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
January 6, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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Saved this post from @nnedi.bsky.social from June in my camera roll. Still tracks; feel like it always will… 🫠
January 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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First novel of the year bought.
Bought it on impulse, not based on any rec or review, just read the first page and got hooked, mine mine mine. Looking forward to it.
January 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Kah-kah-kah-woodpecker-kah-kah-crunch-kah-kah-blood everywhere-kah-kah-would be delicious!
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Rage bait is real.
January 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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No.
January 4, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Am I just too hippy dippy for this world? There’s a footage of the guy walking slowly in front of a car, not allowing the car to pass. He claims his deaf. He wasn’t. Eventually, two men come and shove him so hard off the road that he falls. All the comments are applauding their actions…
January 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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I saw this sundog on my walk today. I needed a moment of beauty, and the sky delivered. The image is softened here; in real life, it was far more vivid.
🌞🐶🌈☁️
January 4, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Periwinkle the Chukwu.
Regal and very demanding.
Periwinkle Chukwu the oriental shorthair cat
January 4, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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"Run the country"...that's synonymous to invasion.
January 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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Me with my two scaredy cats on New Year as the house shook from the fireworks exploding outside. What a way to start 2026, 🎆😆🐱🐱🎇.
Nnedi with Periwinkle and Neptune cowering under her bed.
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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I’m just coming out of the gym and bright and high in the sky is the near-full wolf moon and a super bright and clear Jupiter. No other stars. Kinda cool.
January 3, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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This is my 1st time in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (I just never thought to submit there, heh).

My story is called “The Apology Tour” & it’s set in the world of DEATH OF THE AUTHOR. It's about the consequences of AI. Plus, you meet Ijele for the 1st time, imagine that, 😉.
A copy of the issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction that I got from Barnes & Noble. I am holding it as I sit in my car. The Apology Tour By Nnedi Okorafor HER LEFT EYE TWITCHED AND SHE wanted to slap the side of her face. But how would that look in front of all these people? She bristled at the thought and focused on the open book sitting on the podium before her. Her book. Her memoir. She'd lost her place. Shit, she thought. Ever since updating her glasses with progressive lenses, she'd been having this problem. They were supposed to have the opposite effect. She didn't think she'd ever get used to wearing glasses. Why would she? At sixty-four, she'd never worn glasses or contacts in her entire life, until the last year. She glanced up at her audience and softly laughed. She heard them all sigh, several people grinning back at her. Adoration. Interest. Despite it all. A big profile piece on 60 Minutes called her "The Stoic Unicorn." She had this. She'd had it for the past year, since her book was released directly into fanfare and instant bestseller status. And none of it had been surprising, considering who she was and what she'd written about. She was one of the most infamous people on the planet. Standing up here before two hundred people and reading from her book should have been the easy part. Her left eye twitched again and she grasped the sides of the podium. Then both of her eyes found her place and she continued reading. "Could I forgive myself, though? I created it. Then I perfected it. I was a top-tier engineer at Intelligent Robotics. I was a rarity in too many ways to list. I knew it. I was proud of it. I was on salary. I was doing... my job. What I'd been hired to do. But this project was my baby. It was my idea; it came out of my head. I am driven, ambitious, smart. Potential is worthless until realized into being. I am a doer. So I stayed up nights, researching, compiling, researching, digesting, thinking, theorizing, researching, testing and testing. I ignored my husband, my children, my grandchildren. I dropped out of their lives for those months. Ifocused razor.. blade sharp. Because I knew." She paused Why do I always read this part? But she knew that, too. It was what everyone wanted to hear. They would read her whole book. Yes. They wanted to know her full story. Yes. They were interested in her life, how she got here, to this place in time. Yes. They would do that on their own. Yes. However, right now, in this moment, on this book tour, they wanted to hear that hitch in her throat. See that frown on her brow. That pain. That guilt. Her left eye twitched, again. They couldn't see the twitching that had been plaguing her since the start of her book tour three months ago. If they could, they would enjoy, feel unburdened and refreshed by that, too. "I knew I could... wake it up. The singularity was right in my hands. I just needed to complete the alchemy in the coding. That's how I saw it. As alchemy. As I did it, I knew what I was doing. Tunnel vision did not limit my awareness of what it meant to create awareness. I knew. And..." She sighed and looked at her audience. They were waiting for it. It's therapy, she thought, not for the first time. Then she spoke the words, letting them tumble from her lips like heavy stones, "I'm sorry." She shut the book loudly, imagining a cloud of dust puffing up from its pages as if it were some ancient tome and she were the ghost of a sacrificed creature cursed long ago to read it forever. Stuck in the role of massaging the kinks out of the world's tense back. For creating something she couldn't have resisted creating the moment the path became clear to …
January 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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i hate only having a public account -- dm me if you want my spreadsheet of books I read this year (which is linked to my google account which has my name)

best book of the year was Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social, which I adored
January 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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Amazing, innovative futurist novel from @nnedi.bsky.social. I read it twice!
Book cover - Death of the Author
January 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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In Phoenix, they blow up fireworks from about 5pm and well beyond midnight. The moment New Year hit, this place was vibrating. Neptune (my sphnyx) was so scared, heh.

I recorded this 5 minutes after New Year, when the fireworks began to subside. Periwinkle was there as emotional support, 😆.
January 1, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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One thing few talk about is watching several your male friends have very small children when you had your own child over two decades ago.
a man in a suit and tie is smiling in front of a sign that says snl hulu
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January 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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My end-of-2025 summary:
"The Year That Wouldn't Be Quiet"
Nnedi 2025
Nnedi Okorafor Writing Stories
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December 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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My last bird sighting (unless the local owl comes to my doorstep) of 2025: a northern mockingbird after sunset. 🌅 🐦‍⬛😊
A northern mockingbird after sunset
January 1, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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Neptune just ran up to me, licked my arm and pranced off.

Periwinkle came and plopped himself beside me and promptly went to sleep.

It’s great to be loved by cats.
December 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim New York City mayor, will also be the first mayor to use the Quran at his swearing in. For his ceremony at City Hall, he will use his grandfather’s and at least one other family Quran.
Mamdani Will Be First N.Y.C. Mayor to Use the Quran at His Swearing-In
Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s first Muslim mayor, will use two family Qurans and one that belonged to the writer Arturo Schomburg at his two swearing-in ceremonies.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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My end-of-2025 summary:
"The Year That Wouldn't Be Quiet"
Nnedi 2025
Nnedi Okorafor Writing Stories
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December 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social
#booksky #BooksOfTheYear
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4/13
Snoakes's review of Death of the Author
5/5: Death of the Author is a spellbinding literary sci-fi tale. Zelu is a young Nigerian American woman. A wheelchair user, she lost the use of her legs in a childhood accident. Despite her successe...
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December 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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It wasn’t a banner year for reading, but it was eclectic. Aiming for twice as many in 2026.

If I could recommend only one, it’s definitely “Death of the Author” by @nnedi.bsky.social. Her books are imaginative, innovative, and thoughtful.
December 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM