![]() Unlike Rowling’s Wizarding World of Muggles and Wizards, Okorafor’s Lambs and Leopards both exist in the broader society of Nigeria and the world without any ridiculous notions that Leopards do not understand the Lamb world. If anything, reading the Nsibidi Scripts series makes Rowling’s works appear the lesser creation, as Okorafor’s depth of characterization, compelling settings, and use of African folklore, mythology, and cultural beliefs and practices offer readers greater readerly experiences. ![]() ![]() UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE should one call Nnedi Okorafor’s Nsibidi Scripts series and its new volume, Akata Woman, anything like the “Nigerian Harry Potter.” Such a reductive label does nothing to suggest what a great pleasure it is to venture deeper and deeper into Okorafor’s riveting world of Africanjujuism. ![]()
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