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Famed author Nnedi Okorafor joins UCI Great Big Read participants for a virtual event on July 9, 2020. Don't miss this spectacular storyteller and her discussion of themes from the UCI GBR selection Kindred, her adaptation of Octavia Butler's Wild Seed, and her own stirring writings.

Please join us for conversation at our next event:

EVENT: UCI Great Big Read Presents Nnedi Okorafor
FACILITATED BY: Professor John Murillo III, Department of African American Studies
DATE: noon-1PM on July 9, 2020

Please submit your RSVP below and zoom links will be shared with you upon submission. Please join the event approximately 5 minutes prior to the event start time to access the session through your registered Zoom account.

Dr. Nnedi Okorafor is a world-renowned science fiction author and winner of Hugo, Nebula and other awards for her Africanfuturism and Africanjujuism works for children and adults. Her writings include Who Fears Death, developed by HBO as a TV series, and the Binti novella trilogy, among others. A novelist of Nigerian descent, she is known for weaving African culture into tales in what the The New York Times called "stunning." She has written comics for Marvel and is a co-writer of the adaptation of Octavia Butler's Wild Seed with Viola Davis and Kenyan film director Wanuri Kahiu. She holds a Ph.D. in English and has held appointments at the Chicago State University and the University at Buffalo.

Dr. Okorafor's next novel, Ikenga, will be in stores August 2020, and her novel Remote Control, is expected on sale in January 2021.

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