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proproman
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just wanted to ask. am a start up writer (sort of) and i want to write fiction, sci-fi and fantasy especially. am wondering if any Nigerian has ever written under either of the genres, as in a really good work not ''eze and the fisherman'', so anyone?[color=][/color]
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africhika (f)
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hey what's wrong with eze and the fisherman?  there's a fantasy book out by author Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu called Zahra the Windseeker. i haven't read it but from the summary, it seems like it blended aspects of 9ja culture into a fantasy book. ____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Here is the summary: Zahrah the Windseeker is not only an eponymous story of Zahrah Tsami, the protagonist of the story; it is a book of adventures, possibilities, and unknown realities. The novel beckons us all: young and old into a world where all things are possible, a world without borders, free from the restrictions that our reality places on us. Zahrah was born a ‘dada’ a child with dreadlocks, with green vines woven into it. This implies
that she has supernatural powers that she did not get to know until she was thirteen, after her first menstruation. Initially her uniqueness was a burden that separated her and made her the clown of the class.
The world of Zahrah is a world with a magical stint. A world of CPU seeds, digibooks, netevisions, talking compasses, hydrogen and flora-powered cars, leaf-clipping and mending beetles, to mention a few. It is a world that connects the present with the distant past and the unknown future; a world of in-betweenness’.
Now to the story: Zahrah and Dari are friends; Dari continues to search for knowledge, he believes that there is more to the world than Ooni kingdom. This passion for the unknown fuels his drive for adventure as he visits the Dark Market (a mythical world of evil) which is not entirely true.The Dark Market is the beginning of their exploration into the world of the unknown. Their thirst for knowledge leads them into the Forbidden Green Jungle on the outskirts of the village, an entirely different civilization shrouded by myths of evil, intended to stop people from discovering it. On one of their journeys to the jungle, Dari is bitten by a war snake; the effect: a coma; the cure: an unfertilized elgort egg. What is an elgort? According to the Forbidden Greeny Jungle Guide: it is a nasty beast, the most deadly in the Greeny Jungle, the Ultimate killing machine.
What did Zahrah do? Did Dari die? |
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africhika (f)
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And then there's Pandora's Comics. They publish 2 fantasy comic book stories called Aisha and Street Soccer. Aisha and street soccer boys are undercover super heroes.
AISHA
She is an Orphan with Attitude, A trained Ninja. She is caught up in a dog eat dog world of Intelligence Operatives where nothing is what it appears to be.
STREET SOCCER
This is a Story about Street Soccer and all that goes in such underleagues. It highlights Misfits – Players who are unconventional in various aspects- Stature, Height, Weight but gifted with awesome skills. They face a Team of Rugged, Strong and Dangerous Players.
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proproman
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Thanks. I'll check em out. I thought there was nothing like fantasy in this country given that everyone is writing either a mournful story about life or "ayo and seyi". I've got loads of ideas and can't wait to start writing. Thanx a lot.
And by the way, A LOT is wrong with "eze and the fisherman".
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tpia.
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early books like the Ogboju series were mainly non-English fantasy. Likewise the Palm wine Drinkard- fantasy written in "funny" English.
Zahra the Windseeker received some publicity when it first came out (I read a review about it), but somehow was allowed to slip out of the public eye. I'm just remembering now that I meant to read it all those years ago.
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Cheetawich
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someone just pointed me to this thread. i wrote zahrah. it won the wole soyinka prize last year. it's a good book. :-) i write sf and fantasy based on and set in nigeria or west africa. zahrah was my first novel, the second was the shadow speaker. ive got two novels coming out in 2010, one is more sf, the other is fantasy. learn more here: http://nnedi.comglad to hear someone ask this question. :-D!! take care |
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