SCCL Book Club | Who Fears Death by N. Okorafor | Thu, March 3
To celebrate Black History Month, the Strathcona Centre Community League is hosting a Book Club Event to discuss Who Fears Death, by Nnedi Okorafor.
Who Fears Death – Born into post-apocalyptic Africa to a mother who was raped after the slaughter of her entire tribe, Onyesonwu is tutored by a shaman and discovers that her magical destiny is to end the genocide of her people. EPL.ca
Nnedi Okorafor “is a Nigerian-American author of African-based science fiction and fantasy (Africanfuturism and Africanjujuism). Okorafor has won a Hugo, a Nebula, a World Fantasy Award, and a Locus Award, and her many fans include Neil Gaiman, Rick Riordan, John Green, and Ursula Le Guin. She is writing a series for Marvel about Shuri, Black Panther’s sister, and has a number of book-based projects in development for film and TV” ~Good Reads.
Contact diversity@strathconacommunity.ca to join and to borrow one of the 14 copies SCCL Book Club has available.
If you’d prefer to purchase your copy, Glass Bookshop (https://glassbookshop.com/) offers a 15% discount with the code bookclub15.
Discussion
Date: Thursday, March 3rd, 2022
Time: 7PM
Zoom link to follow via email.