"When Scarabs Multiply"
| Year for Search |
2004
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| Secondary Title |
So Long Been Dreaming
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| Annotation |
Authoritarian dystopia set in Africa and based on African myths in a village in which women and girls, who had been being trained equally, are made subservient to men. A woman leader returns, kills the man who had made the changes, and re-establishes equality. But the ending leaves doubts. |
| Pagination |
70-78
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| Published Date |
2004 |
| Publisher |
Arsenal Pulp Press
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| Place Published |
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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| Full Text |
2004 Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi[mma Nkemdili] (b. 1974). “When Scarabs Multiply.” So Long Been Dreaming. Ed. Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan (Vancouver, BC, Canada: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004), 70-78. PSt Authoritarian dystopia set in Africa and based on African myths in a village in which women and girls, who had been being trained equally, are made subservient to men. A woman leader returns, kills the man who had made the changes, and re-establishes equality. But the ending leaves doubts. African American female author of Igbo heritage. |
| Author Note |
African American female author (b. 1974) of Igbo heritage. |
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