daaeko.blogg.se - The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor

Shock and Awe: Dikeogu, mostly involuntary.Ejii uses this for her advantage and claims he is her husband so she will be thought of as an adult. She Is Not My Girlfriend: When Dikeogu and Ejii get to Agadez, people assume they are lovers.Rightful Queen Returns: Jaa returns to the town she ruled and beheads Ejii's father, who has taken over in her absence.The Quest: Ejii's quest to find Jaa, and then her, Dikeogu, Jaa and Jaa's husbands go to find Ginen.Psychic Nosebleed: Happens several times tp Ejii.He's immune but nothing else around him is which is why his parents let him be taken into slavery. Power Incontinence: Dikeogu can't control when lightning strikes him until near the end of the book.Politically Incorrect Villain: Both Ejii's father and Chief Ette are horribly sexist.Planetville: Ginen only has one habitable area.Organic Technology: Ginen's technology is based on plants.My Skull Runneth Over: What happened to the older Shadow Speaker in Ejii's village.Magical Land: Ginen, and Earth has become this to a certain degree.There is also some mention of magic already being there but much weaker and hidden

The Magic Comes Back: After the Great Change, spurred by a war using nuclear and bio-magical weapons, random magical things have been happening on Earth and some people have gained or been born with magical powers.

Lonely Rich Kid: Dikeogu, at one point.

Human Aliens: People from Ginen look like black Africans.

Exotic Extended Marriage: Princess Sarauniya Jaa has two husbands.

Conspicuously Public Assassination: When Jaa beheads Ejii's father.

Continuity Nod: Ginen is the main setting of Okorafor's first book, Zahrah the Windseeker, and a minor character, Sunshine is a windseeker.

Casting a Shadow: Ejii is a "Shadow Speaker", or someone who can talk to shadows.

Bad Powers, Good People: Ejii and Dikeogu.

Afrofuturism: Ejii lives in a small village in Niger that is pretty poor but also has technology ranging from iPads to water creating devices.Chief Ette and Dikeogu of the neglectful variety, Ejii's father of the psychological type. Abusive Parents: They abound in this book.Absurdly Sharp Blade: Jaa's green metal sword.Her people need to be protected from a force seeking to annihilate them. With a newfound friend by her side, Ejii comes face to face with an earth turned inside out - and with her own magical powers.īut Ejii soon discovers that her travels across the sands of the Sahara have a greater purpose. In an era of mind-blowing technology and seductive magic, Ejii embarks on a mystical journey to track down her father's killer. When 15-year old Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, her world shatters. 2007 book by Nnedi Okorafor (as Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu).