Nnedi Okorafor's fantastic journey into Sci-Fi

In the Sun Times Mary Houlihan reviews Nnedi Okoroafor's latest novel Who Fears Death:

...it is mix of fantasy and reality set in a post-apocalyptic Saharan Africa. It deals with dark issues, including genocide, rape, female circumcision, prejudice, child soldiers and the constraints of fate. But there also is true love, deep friendships, hope, valor and great adventure.The narrative unwinds around the life story of Onyesonwu, a young sorceress, born after her mother is raped. She slowly comes to understand she is the key to the survival of her people, the Okeke, who are persecuted by the Nuru, the tribe of her rapist father.