Renamed Sankofa - an avian symbol of the West African Akan people, one that embodies the idea of harnessing the past to forge a better tomorrow - she wanders the land, inducing dread and awe in the towns she encounters, a living legend wielding the power of annihilation.
And while her acclaimed Binti Trilogy was set partly in deep space and on exoplanets, her gorgeous new novella, Remote Control, takes place firmly on Earth - specifically among the shea orchards and red soil of Ghana.Īt the start of the story, Fatima is a young Ghanian girl who has taken on the mantle of the Adopted Daughter of Death. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award (audiobook version).Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied."A lot of my stories are often based on several things," Nnedi Okorafor told NPR in 2016, "but their foundation is in the stories of the women and girls around me and also within myself." Okorafor was born in the United States, to Igbo parents from Nigeria, and her roots have unspooled themselves throughout her body of work - which has won the highest honors in the field of speculative fiction, including the Hugo, the Nebula, and the World Fantasy Awards - while nourishing a fresh growth of African-influenced sci fi and fantasy. And she walks-alone, except for her fox companion-searching for the object that came from the sky and gave itself to her when the meteors fell and when she was yet unchanged searching for answers.īut is there a greater purpose for Sankofa, now that Death is her constant companion? Her touch is death, and with a glance a town can fall. From hereon in she would be known as Sankofa-a name that meant nothing to anyone but her, the only tie to her family and her past. The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. “She’s the adopted daughter of the Angel of Death. Genre: Adventure,Books,Sci-Fi & Fantasy,Science Fiction & Literature,Science Fiction,Īn alien artifact turns a young girl into Death's adopted daughter in Remote Control, a thrilling sci-fi tale of community and female empowerment from Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Nnedi Okorafor.
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