Long Juju Man (Eng)
Written by Ndedi Okorafo-Mbachu and Illustrated by Marjorie van Heerden
Macmillan Publishers (UK) [2009]
ISBN 978-0-230-72207-1 Format (soft cover): 212mm x 156mm; 56 pages
Ages: 10 - 13
‘Should I run? I thought. A ghost can run faster than me. No, I
won’t run.’
Ngoli
has heard many stories about Long Juju Man from her grandfather. But
she is not prepared for her first meeting with him in the forest, or for
the strange friendship which follows.
Winning book of the Macmillan Writer's prize for Africa
Publications can be ordered from: www.amazon.co.uk
Nnedi Okorafor is a
Nigerian-American author of African-based science fiction and fantasy
(Africanfuturism and Africanjujuism). Okorafor has won a Hugo, a Nebula,
a World Fantasy Award, and a Locus Award, and her many fans include
Neil Gaiman, Rick Riordan, John Green, and Ursula Le Guin. She is
writing a series for Marvel about Shuri, Black Panther’s sister, and has
a number of book-based projects in development for film and TV –
including HBO’s adaptation of her novel Who Fears Death, with George R.
R. Martin signed on as executive producer. Okorafor is also co-writing
the screenplay of an adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed with
filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu for Amazon Prime Video, with Viola Davis
producing. Her novel Akata Warrior (of the Akata Series) is the winner
of the Lodestar and Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel.
