Zahrah the Windseeker

Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu

Feb 2008 · HarperCollins

About this ebook

Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor’s speculative fiction novel Zahrah the Windseeker is an African cultural story about a young girl’s heroic journey.

Winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature

“A consistently compelling and provocative tale.Locus

In the Ooni Kingdom, children born dada—with vines growing in their hair—are rumored to have special powers. Zahrah Tsami doesn’t know anything about that. She feels normal. Others think she’s different—they fear her. Only Dari, her best friend, isn’t afraid of her.

But then something begins to happen—something that definitely marks Zahrah as different—and the only person she can tell is Dari. He pushes her to investigate, edging them both closer and closer to danger. Until Dari’s life is on the line. Only Zahrah can save him, but to do so she’ll have to face her worst fears alone, including the very thing that makes her different.

This ebook edition includes bonus content and images

Ratings and reviews

Doesn't delight or disgust. Has interesting concepts of plant based technology, but slogs down due to the juvenile writing style

I loved the use of imagination with this book. It kept me engaged and thinking with its wonderful descriptions. A must read. There are sections that are a bit slow to move on. But overall, I enjoyed it.

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About the author

Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu’s short stories have been published in anthologies and magazines, including Dark Matter II, Strange Horizons, and Writers of the Future, Volume XVIII. Nnedi lives with her daughter, Anyaugo, and family in Illinois.