WRITER

Nnedi Okorafor

1974 - Today

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Nnedimma Nkemdili "Nnedi" Okorafor (formerly Okorafor-Mbachu; born April 8, 1974) is a Nigerian American writer of science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. She is best known for her Binti Series and her novels Who Fears Death, Zahrah the Windseeker, Akata Witch, Akata Warrior, Lagoon and Remote Control. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nnedi Okorafor has received more than 731,182 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Nnedi Okorafor is the 7,186th most popular writer (down from 6,405th in 2019), the 17,571st most popular biography from United States (down from 16,135th in 2019) and the 1,177th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 730k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Who Fears Death
Magic, Genocide, Fiction
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.
2010
Binti: The Night Masquerade
Extraterrestrial beings, Human-alien encounters, Interstellar travel
2018
Star Wars - From a Certain Point of View
American Science fiction, Star Wars fiction, Fiction, science fiction, short stories
Forty years. Forty stories. In honor of the fortieth anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope, this collection features Star Wars stories by bestselling authors, trendsetting artists, and treasured voices from Star Wars literary history. More than forty authors have lent their unique vision to forty "scenes," each retelling a different moment from the original Star Wars film, but with a twist: Every scene is told from the point of view of a background character. Whether it's the X-wing pilots who helped Luke destroy the Death Star or the stormtroopers who never quite could find the droids they were looking for, Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View places the classic movie in a whole new perspective, and celebrates the influence and legacy of the unparalleled cultural phenomenon, Star Wars.
2017
Binti
Extraterrestrial beings, College stories, Interstellar travel
Afro-futurist science fiction.
2015
Binti: Home
Fiction, science fiction, general
2017
Akata witch
Supernatural, Serial murderers, Magic
Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.
2011
Akata witch
Supernatural, Serial murderers, Magic
Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.
2011
Who Fears Death
Magic, Genocide, Fiction
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.
2010
Binti: Home
Fiction, science fiction, general
2017
Binti
Extraterrestrial beings, College stories, Interstellar travel
Afro-futurist science fiction.
2015
Star Wars - From a Certain Point of View
American Science fiction, Star Wars fiction, Fiction, science fiction, short stories
Forty years. Forty stories. In honor of the fortieth anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope, this collection features Star Wars stories by bestselling authors, trendsetting artists, and treasured voices from Star Wars literary history. More than forty authors have lent their unique vision to forty "scenes," each retelling a different moment from the original Star Wars film, but with a twist: Every scene is told from the point of view of a background character. Whether it's the X-wing pilots who helped Luke destroy the Death Star or the stormtroopers who never quite could find the droids they were looking for, Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View places the classic movie in a whole new perspective, and celebrates the influence and legacy of the unparalleled cultural phenomenon, Star Wars.
2017
The Book of Phoenix
Genetic engineering, Fiction, FICTION / Fantasy / General
"Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York's Tower 7. She is an 'accelerated woman'--only two years old but with the body and mind of an adult, Phoenix's abilities far exceed those of a normal human. Still innocent and inexperienced in the ways of the world, she is content living in her room speed reading e-books, running on her treadmill, and basking in the love of Saeed, another biologically altered human of Tower 7. Then one evening, Saeed witnesses something so terrible that he takes his own life. Devastated by his death and Tower 7's refusal to answer her questions, Phoenix finally begins to realize that her home is really her prison, and she becomes desperate to escape. But Phoenix's escape, and her destruction of Tower 7, is just the beginning of her story. Before her story ends, Phoenix will travel from the United States to Africa and back, changing the entire course of humanity's future"--
2015

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nnedi Okorafor ranks 7,186 out of 7,302. Before her are Jane Goldman, Rajaa al-Sanea, Sanal Edamaruku, İsmail Küçükkaya, Zoleka Mandela, and Jasodhara Bagchi. After her are Maarja Kangro, Tara Westover, Andrew Sean Greer, Matthew Reilly, Sushmita Banerjee, and Tanya Malyarchuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Nnedi Okorafor ranks 914. Before her are Ayanna Pressley, David Pelletier, Chris Pronger, Quinzinho, Naoki Matsuyo, and Vitaly Makarov. After her are Masato Harasaki, Hirohito Nakamura, Satoru Asari, Matthew Reilly, Manuela Lutze, and Paul Epworth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nnedi Okorafor ranks 17,571 out of 20,380. Before her are David Daniels (1966), Willie Anderson (1966), Mickey Madden (1979), Mark Pavelich (1958), Raphael Saadiq (1966), and Josh Ryan Evans (1982). After her are Ben McKee (1985), Adrienne C. Moore (1980), Chelsea Wolfe (1983), Rico Rodriguez (1998), Nayer (1990), and Rowan Blanchard (2001).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nnedi Okorafor ranks 1,177. Before her are Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (1973), Sanjay Gupta (1969), Jon Fisher (1972), Paula Vogel (1951), Paul Harding (1967), and Jeff Davis (1975). After her are Tara Westover (1986), Andrew Sean Greer (1970), Bill McKibben (1960), Josh Singer (1972), Peter Craig (1969), and Jenna Bush Hager (1981).

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