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Prejudice begets prejudice, you see. Knowledge does not always evolve into wisdom.

It's more fun to write villains. They are more of a challenge, and I get a sick kind of pleasure out...

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There will be danger; some of you may not live to complete your lessons. It's a risk you take. This ...

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Neither (brother) even glaced at the counter. She smiled. Her dumb brothers never cooked. She didn’t...

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I felt the pain and the glory of growth, was straining and shuddering with it.

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Feet away, Professor Dema stood, carrying a large gunlike weapon with both her hands and a snarl on ...

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We all must travel,' the driver said, keeping his eyes on the way ahead. His hands grasped the wheel...

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The Magical Negro rested his red cane on his shoulder and leisurely strolled into the forest to see ...

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Two footsteps do not make a path.

Sometimes a man must throw caution to the wind.

I am the unseen. For centuries I have been here, beneath this great city, this metropolis. I know yo...

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School will bring you more success than marriage.

You might have liked the United States more,”” she said. “They’ve got more stuff. And if your spaces...

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The Nuru men, and their women, had done what they did for more than torture and shame. They wanted t...

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Who Fears Death

To be something abnormal meant that you were to serve the normal. And if you refused, they hated you...

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You know how the story ends. He escaped and went on to become the greatest chief Suntown ever had. H...

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Nnedi Okorafor

Writer

Born: 1974-04-08

Died: N/A

Nnedi Okorafor (born April 8, 1974) is a Nigerian-American writer of fantasy and science fiction for both children and adults.More