Akata Witch

Nnedi Okorafor

Mar 2018 · Nsibidi Scripts Book 1 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Yetide Badaki

About this audiobook

Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African, but she has albinism. She's a terrific athlete, but can't go out into the sun to play soccer. There seems to be no place where she fits in. And then she discovers something amazing-she is a "free agent" with latent mystical power. Soon she's part of a quartet of students, studying the visible and invisible, learning to change reality. But will it be enough to help them when they are asked to catch a career criminal well-versed in powerful juju?

Ratings and reviews

This book is a great introduction to West African culture ,language and what it means to be African American and feel a pull to be of and respect both worlds and traditions!

Very immersive and exciting coming of age story for a true cross culture experience. I also loved the introduction to some facets of Nigerian culture.

This was a very good book and I'm looking forward to listening to the next two books

About the author

Nnedi Okorafor is an author of fantasy and science fiction for both adults and younger readers. Her books include the Tor.com novella Binti, which won the 2015 Hugo and Nebula Awards, and the novels Who Fears Death (World Fantasy Award winner) and Akata Warrior (Lodestar and Locus Award winner).

Better known as the goddess Bilquis on the Starz series American Gods, Nigerian-born actress Yetide Badaki has been seen performing all around the world. Her other television credits include ABC's Lost, the Fox show Touch, and Criminal Minds on CBS.