@booklet {6381, title = {Who Fears Death}, year = {2010}, month = {2010}, publisher = {DAW}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopia set in a future Africa where some tribal conflicts are still leading to genocide. The novel develops through a girl\ who is rejected by her own tribe for both being female and being born of rape. But she has powers that allow her to change her shape and to visit the spirit world, and she uses those powers to try to bring about change.\ A prequel is her The Book of Phoenix. New York: DAW Books, 2015, part of which was previously published as \“The Book of Phoenix [Excerpted from the Great Book].\” Clarkesworld Magazine, no. 54 (March 2011). http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/okorafor_03_11/

}, keywords = {African American author, Female author}, author = {Nnedi[mma Nkemdili] Okorafor (b. 1974)} } @booklet {5541, title = {"When Scarabs Multiply"}, howpublished = {So Long Been Dreaming}, year = {2004}, month = {2004}, pages = {70-78}, publisher = {Arsenal Pulp Press}, address = {Vancouver, BC, Canada}, abstract = {

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.

}, keywords = {African American author, Female author}, author = {Nnedi[mma Nkemdili]] Okorafor-Mbachu (b. 1974)}, editor = {[Noelle] Nalo Hopkinson (b. 1960) and Uppinder Mehan} }