Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
@nnedi.bsky.social
*THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
@nnedi.bsky.social
· Nov 24
This was my response in The Guardian 3 years ago when I was asked if my work was a response to the prevalence of whiteness in science fiction.
I’m totally patting “January 2021 Nnedi” on the back. Yes, Nnedi. So much yes, 🙌🏾 :
I’m totally patting “January 2021 Nnedi” on the back. Yes, Nnedi. So much yes, 🙌🏾 :
Black kites!
I love watching them soar. I’m so obsessed.
I love watching them soar. I’m so obsessed.
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Black kites!
I love watching them soar. I’m so obsessed.
I love watching them soar. I’m so obsessed.
Had my panel yesterday at the Manorama Hortus Lit Fest in Cochi, India. “The Center Shifts: Authorship, Power, and Africanfuturist Worlds” with
Sneha lype.
There were several students doing dissertations on my work! And I have a lot of readers here! It was a full house! Omg, I’m so honored, 🥹!!
Sneha lype.
There were several students doing dissertations on my work! And I have a lot of readers here! It was a full house! Omg, I’m so honored, 🥹!!
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Had my panel yesterday at the Manorama Hortus Lit Fest in Cochi, India. “The Center Shifts: Authorship, Power, and Africanfuturist Worlds” with
Sneha lype.
There were several students doing dissertations on my work! And I have a lot of readers here! It was a full house! Omg, I’m so honored, 🥹!!
Sneha lype.
There were several students doing dissertations on my work! And I have a lot of readers here! It was a full house! Omg, I’m so honored, 🥹!!
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REALLY enjoying this collection, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025, edited by @nnedi.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
REALLY enjoying this collection, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025, edited by @nnedi.bsky.social
Interview day at Onmanorama Radio in Kerala, India 📻📰, after being interviewed earlier by their newspaper team.
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Interview day at Onmanorama Radio in Kerala, India 📻📰, after being interviewed earlier by their newspaper team.
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this should do it…
a man with a bald head is sitting next to another man on a train .
Alt: a man with a bald head is standing with his face inches away from another man on a train . They are locked in a death stare.
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
this should do it…
I *hate* hotel gyms that have a “trainer” just hanging around the gym. I’m the only one here with this random guy looking at me. It’s really pissing me off. Thanks for listening.
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I *hate* hotel gyms that have a “trainer” just hanging around the gym. I’m the only one here with this random guy looking at me. It’s really pissing me off. Thanks for listening.
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24) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. Definitely a case to be made for this being one of the best novels of the year, following a talented writer who overcomes extreme misfortune to change the world.
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
24) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. Definitely a case to be made for this being one of the best novels of the year, following a talented writer who overcomes extreme misfortune to change the world.
DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is now a finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award (in the science fiction category), 😃. You can vote here:
Final Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is now a finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award (in the science fiction category), 😃. You can vote here:
A moment where I had to stop and take in where I was. As a person who prefers quiet and dislikes urban spaces, I fought this spot surprisingly charming (so much color!).
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A moment where I had to stop and take in where I was. As a person who prefers quiet and dislikes urban spaces, I fought this spot surprisingly charming (so much color!).
I highly recommend this author and novel (one is the North American cover, the other is the UK cover). It’s fantastic, excellent read, 🤖🐬🦿🇳🇬🇺🇸.
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I highly recommend this author and novel (one is the North American cover, the other is the UK cover). It’s fantastic, excellent read, 🤖🐬🦿🇳🇬🇺🇸.
Before I flew out to Kerala, my sister jokingly told me that if I saw a wedding there, I should crash it and get in on the enjoyment. I rolled my eyes and said, “Why would I see a wedding?”
Why is there a wedding happening outside right now? 🤣
Why is there a wedding happening outside right now? 🤣
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Before I flew out to Kerala, my sister jokingly told me that if I saw a wedding there, I should crash it and get in on the enjoyment. I rolled my eyes and said, “Why would I see a wedding?”
Why is there a wedding happening outside right now? 🤣
Why is there a wedding happening outside right now? 🤣
Warning, scroll past this thread if you’re squeamish…
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Warning, scroll past this thread if you’re squeamish…
“Remember, remember, the 5th of November.”
Lol, even in India.
Lol, even in India.
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
“Remember, remember, the 5th of November.”
Lol, even in India.
Lol, even in India.
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ICYMI: During #ASUHumanities Week (+ in honor of our 125th anniversary), we hosted an exciting conversation between ASU's @mdbell79.bsky.social and @nnedi.bsky.social about authorship, identity and creativity.
Watch “The Future is Now”: youtu.be/eQ3hbq6ubPc
Watch “The Future is Now”: youtu.be/eQ3hbq6ubPc
The Future is Now: Nnedi Okorafor In Conversation with Matt Bell
YouTube video by Department of English, Arizona State University
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November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
ICYMI: During #ASUHumanities Week (+ in honor of our 125th anniversary), we hosted an exciting conversation between ASU's @mdbell79.bsky.social and @nnedi.bsky.social about authorship, identity and creativity.
Watch “The Future is Now”: youtu.be/eQ3hbq6ubPc
Watch “The Future is Now”: youtu.be/eQ3hbq6ubPc
Proud that my novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is one of them, 🤖🐬🦿🇳🇬🇺🇸.
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Proud that my novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is one of them, 🤖🐬🦿🇳🇬🇺🇸.
I’m in Kerala, India for the Manorama Hortus Literary Fest, 😊!
So much to report. But first something huge but small…I hate bananas (yep, I love plantain, but hate bananas). I was doing a radio interview and was given a fried banana.
Omg, I, Nnedi Okorafor, ate a banana! Me! It was delicious! 😆🍌
So much to report. But first something huge but small…I hate bananas (yep, I love plantain, but hate bananas). I was doing a radio interview and was given a fried banana.
Omg, I, Nnedi Okorafor, ate a banana! Me! It was delicious! 😆🍌
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I’m in Kerala, India for the Manorama Hortus Literary Fest, 😊!
So much to report. But first something huge but small…I hate bananas (yep, I love plantain, but hate bananas). I was doing a radio interview and was given a fried banana.
Omg, I, Nnedi Okorafor, ate a banana! Me! It was delicious! 😆🍌
So much to report. But first something huge but small…I hate bananas (yep, I love plantain, but hate bananas). I was doing a radio interview and was given a fried banana.
Omg, I, Nnedi Okorafor, ate a banana! Me! It was delicious! 😆🍌
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Africanfuturism might be the future of Science Fiction, certainly if Nnedi Okorafor has anything to do with it
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Death of the Author, Nnedi Okorafor
Barthes argues against the method of reading and criticism that relies on aspects of an author’s identity to distill meaning from the author’s work
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November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Africanfuturism might be the future of Science Fiction, certainly if Nnedi Okorafor has anything to do with it
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People say things like this and either they don’t understand or care that there are naturally skinny women out there. Just as nasty as in the 90s with heavier women.
When you get to be in power, don’t be an asshole like those you overcame to get to that position.
Ijs.
When you get to be in power, don’t be an asshole like those you overcame to get to that position.
Ijs.
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
People say things like this and either they don’t understand or care that there are naturally skinny women out there. Just as nasty as in the 90s with heavier women.
When you get to be in power, don’t be an asshole like those you overcame to get to that position.
Ijs.
When you get to be in power, don’t be an asshole like those you overcame to get to that position.
Ijs.
I’m in Qatar.
Heh, from one desert (Phoenix, AZ) to another on the other side of the planet. 😊🏜️🐪
Heh, from one desert (Phoenix, AZ) to another on the other side of the planet. 😊🏜️🐪
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I’m in Qatar.
Heh, from one desert (Phoenix, AZ) to another on the other side of the planet. 😊🏜️🐪
Heh, from one desert (Phoenix, AZ) to another on the other side of the planet. 😊🏜️🐪
😔 I loved the songs and the film. Thank you, Jimmy.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
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November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
😔 I loved the songs and the film. Thank you, Jimmy.
Nothing like discussing with a Trump supporter who forgot that I have a master’s in journalism and have been a reporter. “I don’t believe what’s reported. Have YOU ever worked for Reuters? Huh? Huh? You don’t know how they…”
“Actually, I have.”
Heh, that conversation ended abruptly, lol.
“Actually, I have.”
Heh, that conversation ended abruptly, lol.
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Nothing like discussing with a Trump supporter who forgot that I have a master’s in journalism and have been a reporter. “I don’t believe what’s reported. Have YOU ever worked for Reuters? Huh? Huh? You don’t know how they…”
“Actually, I have.”
Heh, that conversation ended abruptly, lol.
“Actually, I have.”
Heh, that conversation ended abruptly, lol.
Saw this kettle of black vultures from my hotel room in Miami.
They always look like they’re on some important business, even when they’re just riding air and vibing. They have CEO energy for no reason.
“We are majestic. We are organized. We are…looking for a dumpster.”
They always look like they’re on some important business, even when they’re just riding air and vibing. They have CEO energy for no reason.
“We are majestic. We are organized. We are…looking for a dumpster.”
November 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Saw this kettle of black vultures from my hotel room in Miami.
They always look like they’re on some important business, even when they’re just riding air and vibing. They have CEO energy for no reason.
“We are majestic. We are organized. We are…looking for a dumpster.”
They always look like they’re on some important business, even when they’re just riding air and vibing. They have CEO energy for no reason.
“We are majestic. We are organized. We are…looking for a dumpster.”
Threads doesn’t allow you to mute your own posts. I have a viral post with 197K likes and a million views…man, I’m just going to walk away from the platform until it dies down. Sheesh. Can’t see any other notifications anymore.
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Threads doesn’t allow you to mute your own posts. I have a viral post with 197K likes and a million views…man, I’m just going to walk away from the platform until it dies down. Sheesh. Can’t see any other notifications anymore.
The way people are so scared of these robot dogs yet they walk around with cell phones needs to be studied.
It can ALL be weaponized, folks.
It can ALL be weaponized, folks.
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The way people are so scared of these robot dogs yet they walk around with cell phones needs to be studied.
It can ALL be weaponized, folks.
It can ALL be weaponized, folks.
Those dogs did NOT approve of that robot dog, 🤭. #MiamiBookFair
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Those dogs did NOT approve of that robot dog, 🤭. #MiamiBookFair