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1) Noor
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English
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When everything goes wrong on a trip to the local market, AO, a woman with a ton of major and necessary body augmentations, must race against time across the deserts of Northern Nigeria with a Fulani herdsman named DNA in a world where everything is streamed.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From here on in she would be known as Sankofa, a name that meant nothing to anyone but her. It is the only tie to her family and her past. Her touch is death, and with a glance a town can fall. She walks alone, except for her fox companion, searching for the object that came from the sky and gave itself to her when the meteors fell, when she was yet unchanged. She searches for answers. But is there...
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Series
Binti volume 3
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Binti has returned to her home planet, believing that the violence of the Meduse has been left behind. Unfortunately, although her people are peaceful on the whole, the same cannot be said for the Khoush, who fan the flames of their ancient rivalry with the Meduse. Far from her village when the conflicts start, Binti hurries home, but anger and resentment has already claimed the lives of many close to her. Once again it is up to Binti, and her intriguing...
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Series
Binti volume 1
Publisher
Tor, published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
90 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs. Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter...
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Series
Bindi volume 2
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
164 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places. And now she must return home to her people, with her friend Okwu by her side, to face her family and face her elders. But Okwu will be the first of his race to set foot on Earth in over a hundred years, and the first ever to come in peace. After generations...
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Who fears death volume 0.1
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English
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Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York's Tower 7. She is an "accelerated woman" -- only two years old but with the body and mind of an adult, Phoenix's abilities far exceed those of a normal human. Still innocent and inexperienced in the ways of the world, she is content living in her room speed reading e-books, running on her treadmill, and basking in the love of Saeed, another biologically altered human of Tower...
7) Binti
Author
Series
Binti volume 1
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novella!
"Robin Miles's terrific narration creates a stellar audiobook. (Pun intended.)"—Modern Mrs. Darcy on Binti
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between
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Series
Who fears death volume 1
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English
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In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways, yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. After years of enslaving the Okeke people, the Nuru tribe has decided to follow the Great Book and exterminate the Okeke tribe for good. An Okeke woman who has survived the annihilation of her village and a terrible rape by an enemy general wanders into the desert hoping to die. Instead, she gives birth to an angry baby...
9) Like thunder
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Series
Desert magician's duology volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Niger, West Africa, 2077
Welcome back. This second volume is a breathtaking story that sweeps across the sands of the Sahara, flies up to the peaks of the Aïr Mountains, cartwheels into a wild megacity—you get the idea.
I am the Desert Magician; I bring water where there is none.
This book begins with Dikéogu Obidimkpa slowly losing his mind. Yes, that boy who can bring rain just by thinking about it is having some…issues. Years ago, Dikéogu...
10) Home
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Series
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places. And now she must return home to her people, with her friend Okwu by her side, to face her family and face her elders. But Okwu will be the first of his race to set foot on Earth in over a hundred years, and the first ever to come in peace. After generations...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Binti has returned to her home planet, believing that the violence of the Meduse has been left behind. Unfortunately, although her people are peaceful on the whole, the same cannot be said for the Khoush, who fan the flames of their ancient rivalry with the Meduse. Far from her village when the conflicts start, Binti hurries home, but anger and resentment has already claimed the lives of many close to her. Once again it is up to Binti, and her intriguing...
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Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"T'Challa has disappeared, and Wakanda expects Shuri to lead their great nation in his absence! But she's happiest in a lab surrounded by her inventions. She'd rather be testing gauntlets than throwing them down! So it's time for Shuri to rescue her brother yet again - with a little help from Storm, Rocket Raccoon and Groot! But what happens when her outer-space adventure puts Africa at risk from an energy-sapping alien threat? Then, Shuri heads to...
13) Shadow speaker
Author
Series
Desert magician's duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Driven by vengeance. Destined for peace.
Niger, West Africa, 2070:
After fifteen-year old Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, her world shatters. In an era of mind-blowing technology and seductive magic, Ejii embarks on a mystical journey to track down her father's killer. With a newfound friend by her side, Ejii comes face to face with an earth turned inside outÀ"and with her own magical powers.
But Ejii soon discovers that her travels across...
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