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This young-adult fantasy, set in the present time, centers on Sunny Nwazue, a teen born to Nigerian parents in the United States. A few years before the story begins, her family moved back to Nigeria, where she now lives with them just outside a small town. Sunny “confuse[s] people,” she explains, not only because of this dual background but because she is an albino.

In the course of the story, Sunny discovers that her background and nature are far more confusing than she could have ever dreamed. She and Orlu, Chichi, and Sasha, three other teens who become her close friends, all find that they are “Leopard People,” possessed of magical powers—a fact that they must hide from the Lambs, or, as Harry Potter would have said, the Mundanes. The other three are the children of Leopard parents, but Sunny is a “free agent,” born to Lamb parents—although she eventually learns that there is Leopard magic further back in her family tree. Much of the story focuses on the four, with the help of Leopard elders who act as their mentors, learning to identify their powers and use them appropriately. The elders also task them with finding and destroying Black Hat, a mysterious serial killer who preys on young children for magical purposes.

The book’s main strength is its Nigerian setting, which includes a variety of things from foods to forms of magic that will be unfamiliar and probably intriguing to most American readers. Sunny and her friends are all likeable, in a mischievous sort of way; inevitably they get into trouble, annoying their mentors, as they overreach in using their newfound powers—but their story, at root, is a very well-trodden one. I had heard a great deal about Okorafor as an author and was expecting something a bit more unusual—but maybe she held back a little because this was a young adult book, or because she wrote it early in her career. I will be interested to compare this book with its sequel, Akata Warrior, which just came out in 2017, six years after Akata Witch appeared.


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Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor Books Reviews

Ok I liked this book, but it has a major major flaw. Like too many current sci-fi/fantasy books, 98% of the book is the set up to this Earth-Shattering, suspenseful battle. Then you get to the pinnacle, and it just hurries through things sloppily, and, ignoring issues the book has set up, wraps things up in a too pat manner. Oh, the prophecy says the Nimm princess will be in great danger in this battle-Nah. Nevermind. Oh you are untutored and raw but gonna just waltz up to this epic, ancient badness, literally say "Boo!" and ...that's IT? Lazy writing that is designed to lead to the next book.

Read Zahra the Windseeker, instead.
Somewhere it probably says that this is young adult literature but I haven't been one for many years and I still loved this book. You could argue that it is Harry Potter reimagined with African characters and themes but you would also have to acknowledge that what it truly holds in common with those books is themes of friendship, camaraderie, loyalty and bravery, as well as that "can't put it down, can't wait to get back to it" quality. I am going straight on to read the second one. Enjoy!
You don't realize how overwhelmingly western the fantasy genre is until you read a non-western fantasy story. There is magic and mentors, secret histories and prophecies, and kids coming of age as they discover their power. But all of this is in Nigeria with unique magic and unique cultures. It's not for children, but it's not overly dark, either. The characters are well written and the plot has a satisfying conclusion. However the conclusion is clearly set up for a follow up book. I will check that book out for sure.
There was nothing that I did not like about Akata Witch. The one thing that might bother some readers a little is that a little puzzling that little insight was given into the protagonist's father and why he seemed so irritated and unfriendly towards his own daughter. His worry about her being albino might explain it to some extent as would maybe an unconscious fear that she would follow in the footsteps of her maternal grandmother? Despite this tiny lack of clarity, I believe that this book is a masterpiece of literature for young people. As with all great books, it is splendid reading for children of all ages (even those with children or grandchildren of their own!). The book is unforgettable, so intelligently conceived and so beautifully executed. It is inspired and inspiring.
This young-adult fantasy, set in the present time, centers on Sunny Nwazue, a teen born to Nigerian parents in the United States. A few years before the story begins, her family moved back to Nigeria, where she now lives with them just outside a small town. Sunny “confuse[s] people,” she explains, not only because of this dual background but because she is an albino.

In the course of the story, Sunny discovers that her background and nature are far more confusing than she could have ever dreamed. She and Orlu, Chichi, and Sasha, three other teens who become her close friends, all find that they are “Leopard People,” possessed of magical powers—a fact that they must hide from the Lambs, or, as Harry Potter would have said, the Mundanes. The other three are the children of Leopard parents, but Sunny is a “free agent,” born to Lamb parents—although she eventually learns that there is Leopard magic further back in her family tree. Much of the story focuses on the four, with the help of Leopard elders who act as their mentors, learning to identify their powers and use them appropriately. The elders also task them with finding and destroying Black Hat, a mysterious serial killer who preys on young children for magical purposes.

The book’s main strength is its Nigerian setting, which includes a variety of things from foods to forms of magic that will be unfamiliar and probably intriguing to most American readers. Sunny and her friends are all likeable, in a mischievous sort of way; inevitably they get into trouble, annoying their mentors, as they overreach in using their newfound powers—but their story, at root, is a very well-trodden one. I had heard a great deal about Okorafor as an author and was expecting something a bit more unusual—but maybe she held back a little because this was a young adult book, or because she wrote it early in her career. I will be interested to compare this book with its sequel, Akata Warrior, which just came out in 2017, six years after Akata Witch appeared.