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By fate and fire, a being four millennia old is reborn in Mali in a short story of contemporary African life and ancient secrets by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of the Binti trilogy.
Issaka has returned home to Timbouctou and a devastating al-Qaeda raid. His only hope for survival is Faro, a stunning, blue-beaded supernatural entity who rises free from the flames of her imprisoning book as it burns. Compelled to follow Faro, Issaka is opening his eyes to their shared history and the ancestral wisdom of his own past.
Nnedi Okorafor’s The Black Pages is part of Black Stars, a multi-dimensional collection of speculative fiction from Black authors. Each story is a world much like our own. Read or listen to them in a single sitting.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAmazon Original Stories
- Publication dateAugust 31, 2021
- File size4284 KB
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“Science fiction invites audiences to imagine new and different worlds…Soon readers (and listeners) will be able to add some new voices and stories to this mix, thanks to an upcoming collection of short stories from Amazon Original Stories.” —SYFY Wire
“Part of what makes Black Stars so special is the fact that it is showcasing speculative science fiction from Black authors from around the world.” —SYFY Wire
“With a host of amazing authors, Black Stars is perfect for lovers of Afrofuturism, Caribbean science fiction, and African jujuism. As you read the stories, you’ll start to understand why there are so many different genres in the collection…Black Stars introduces people to so many different frameworks, showing the diversity of stories created when Black authors across the diaspora infuse their unique cultural perspectives into these narratives, creating an abundance of originality that lets readers imagine wildly different worlds, realities, and futures.” —Shondaland
About the Author
Nnedi Okorafor is a writer of science fiction and fantasy for children and adults. She has won the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Hugo Awards, and her debut novel, Zahrah the Windseeker, won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature.
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- ASIN : B098T11H5Q
- Publisher : Amazon Original Stories (August 31, 2021)
- Publication date : August 31, 2021
- Language : English
- File size : 4284 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 31 pages
- Lending : Not Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #21,937 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author

Nnedi Okorafor’s books include Lagoon (a British Science Fiction Association Award finalist for Best Novel), Who Fears Death (a World Fantasy Award winner for Best Novel), Kabu Kabu (a Publisher's Weekly Best Book for Fall 2013), Akata Witch (an Amazon.com Best Book of the Year), Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature), and The Shadow Speaker (a CBS Parallax Award winner). Her adult novel The Book of Phoenix (prequel to Who Fears Death) was released in May 2015; the New York Times called it a "triumph". Her novella Binti will be released in late September 2015 and her young adult novel Akata Witch 2: Breaking Kola will be released in 2016.
Nnedi holds a PhD in literature/creative writing and is an associate professor at the University at Buffalo, New York (SUNY). She splits her time between Buffalo and Chicago with her daughter Anyaugo and family. Learn more about Nnedi at Nnedi.com.
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I really liked Faro. Her strength was amazing at the right times. And to discover Issaka’s father was the keeper of the ancient books and his mother seemed to be like some sort of spirit women. A protector of the unseen in a sense. That was surprising but it would explain how Faro was put into the book by Issaka in another life.
It’s definitely a unique concept. And it feels similar to what is happening in Afghanistan now.
In any case, the ending was an issue for me. Not because it was bad in any way, just because I don't know what happens. I mean, I think I might know, but it isn't clear. (This is an issue I've always had- books or stories without clear endings or cliffhanger endings.) Still, there is so much to be admired about this story. The poetic tendencies, the clash of djinn and tech, the violence, and the secrecy- I could totally see this developed into something greater. Of course, I loved the theme of book preservation and was impressed by the skills of Faro's mother. I just wanted more of this, but it ended up leaving me a bit confused.
Still, a great adult read, also suitable for teens, but there are depictions of violence.
Recommended to fans of diverse cultural experiences, fantasy and science blends, and anyone who enjoys a good book preservation story.
I’m going to read the rest in this series but so far, I am underwhelmed and confused.
by Nnedi Okorafor
Read to add to my African History Month book series. I found the story so intriguing that its abrupt end was more of a surprise then I could expect. The idea of spirits in Timbuctoo, that haunt books, and were protected for centuries by men risking their lives against the religious zealot's. Its a remarkable story of magic, history, and personal struggles against men who use religion to oppress those who could have stood against them. The magic the manifestation of emotion or powerful forces beyond human behavior.
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The narrator also made the book enjoyable. I hope she develops the story further in future