Long Juju Man
2009
First Published
4.16
Average Rating
56
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Should I run I thought. A ghost can run faster than me. No, I won't run. Ngoli has heard many stories about Long Juju Man from her grandfather. But she is not prepared for her first meeting with him in the forest, or for the strange friendship which follows... Long Juju Man won the Junior Award in the Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa, 2008 A humorous modern take on traditional story elements, and an imaginative use of language makes this a deserving winner. Judges Meshack Asare, Jamila Gavin, Jack Mapanje and Helen Oyeyemi Nnedi Okorafor is an award-winning science fiction novelist of Nigerian descent. Her works include Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the 2008 Wole Soyinka Africa Prize for Literature) and The Shadow Speaker, inspired by Africa and her heritage. A professor of creative writing at Chicago State University, she lives in Chicago with her family. Visit her online at nnedi.com.
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Author
Nnedi Okorafor
Author · 45 books
Nnedi Okorafor is a New York Times Bestselling writer of science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. The more specific terms for her works are africanfuturism and africanjujuism, both terms she coined and defined. Born in the United States to two Nigerian (Igbo) immigrant parents and visiting family in Nigeria since she was a child, the foundation and inspiration of Nnedi’s work is rooted in this part of Africa. Her many works include Who Fears Death (winner of the World Fantasy Award and in development at HBO as a TV series), the Nebula and Hugo award winning novella trilogy Binti (in development as a TV series), the Lodestar and Locus Award winning Nsibidi Scripts Series, LaGuardia (winner of a Hugo and Eisner awards for Best Graphic Novel) and her most recent novella Remote Control. Her debut novel Zahrah the Windseeker won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature. She lives with her daughter Anyaugo in Phoenix, AZ. Learn more about Nnedi at Nnedi.com and follow Nnedi on twitter (as @Nnedi), Facebook and Instagram.
