{"id":2174,"date":"2016-09-19T20:20:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T14:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2020-04-04T20:11:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T14:41:28","slug":"fears-death-nnedi-okarafor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/fears-death-nnedi-okarafor\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okarafor – Journey of the ‘Chosen One’"},"content":{"rendered":"
A quest by a girl born of violence in search of her biological father who wants her dead. Who Fears Death<\/em> is set in post-apocalyptic Sudan where the tribes are ruled by Testament books in spite of their technological advancements<\/p>\n
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The tribes of Nuru and Okeke detest each other. The Nuru have always wanted to wipe out the Okeke by violent acts on women in addition to slaying of the tribesmen. Onyesonwu has lighter coloured hair and skin, because of such an act of violence on her mother by a Nuru man, which brands her as a social outcast or ‘Ewu’. She is brought up by her parents in the most ordinary way possible. When Onyesonwu (her name means ‘Who Fears Death’) starts displaying magical powers such as the ability to shape shift into a bird, and later when her non-biological father dies, the hidden truth about her birth surfaces.<\/p>\n
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She discovers that her biological father is a sorcerer who wants her dead because she is a girl. Struggling against age old restrictions among women to learn magic, she sets out on a journey with the love of her life, Mwita, and her friends to seek revenge for her mother\u2019s honour and slay her biological father.<\/p>\n