Kachifo Limited, the publisher of Farafina Magazine and Farafina Books, is proud to announce the addition of another engaging and affordable work to our collection: Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu. The Farafina edition of the book can be found in hardback in all major bookstores across Nigeria. and by clicking on this link :
http://www.kachifo.com/order/product_details.php?item_id=168

SYNOPSIS
Zahrah the Windseeker is a tale of friendship, self-realisation, courage and adventure. Zahrah, the protagonist, has special powers of which she is at first ashamed. Yet when she has to travel into the forbidden jungle in search of an antidote to save her best friend's life, Zahrah discovers and embraces the strength and courage which lie within her.
The book, a work of magic realism, is remarkable in its originality and imagination. The author skillfully explores local myths about dada children, talking animals and the supernatural realm. The result is a captivating piece of fiction which both adults and children will appreciate.

REVIEWS
"Great Joukoujou!" Characters from traditional African storytelling are alive and kicking in this fantasy novel. Zahrah the Windseeker reads like an amazing dream you never want to end.
- Sefi Atta, author of Everything Good Will Come

Zahrah the Windseeker is not your average children's book, Okorafor-Mbachu's debut novel is a must-read!
- The Star Newspapers

Zahrah the Windseeker is a most impressive debut from newcomer Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, combining as it does an engaging, empathetic young protagonist, a rousing jungle adventure, and the weirdest fantasy world,
- Strange Horizons

"Okorafor-Mbachu creates an outstanding science fiction/fantasy novel complete with exotic creatures, a magical forest, and children with superhuman abilities. The author describes the country of Ooni, its creatures, and people as if she has seen them all firsthand."
- Jonatha Masters, VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates Journal

You will instantly be charmed by the world of the Ooni Kingdom.
- Black Issues Book Review

Bursts of humor, exotic flora and fauna and the unusual combination of Nigerian-based culture with children's fantasy make this worth the read.
- Kirkus Reviews

A refreshingly different take on the cultural conventions of science fiction
and fantasy, Zahrah's coming-of-age story introduces readers to a vibrant new world.
- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

You can also pick up copies of Zahrah the Windseeker from the Farafina Office at SIO Towers, 8th Floor, 25 Boyle Street, Onikan or click on the link below to order online

http://www.kachifo.com/order/product_details.php?item_id=168

BIOGRAPHY
Nnedi Okorafo-Mbachu was born in the United States to Igbo immigrant parents. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and is a professor at the Chicago State University. Nnedi earned her B.A. in Rhetoric from the University of Illinois and her M.A in Journalism from Michigan State University. In addition, she is a graduate of the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop. Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu's greatest literary influences include Stephen King, Ngugi wa Thiong'O, Phillip Pullman and Tove Jansson.

Zahrah the Windseeker, first published in 2005 by Houghton Mifflin, was shortlisted for the Parallax Award and Kindred Award in 2006, a finalist for the 2005 Golden Duck Award and GardenState Teen choice award, and nominated for a Locus Award (Best First Novel).
Nnedi lives in the suburbs of Chicago with her daughter.

Yeah the book is in Nigeria, you can order it by clicking on this link http://kachifo.com/order/product_details.php?item_id=163 or you call Deji on this no 07032100215.

Some of the greatest African books i have read are :

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie: http://kachifo.com/order/product_details.php?item_id=126
Starbook by Ben Okri: http://kachifo.com/order/product_details.php?item_id=150
Yellow Yellow
Burma Boy By Segun Afolabi: http://kachifo.com/order/product_details.php?item_id=149
Everything Good Will Come: http://kachifo.com/order/product_details.php?item_id=128

Am currently reading Wizard of the crow by Ngugi Wa thiong'o, this is a very interesting books that really highlights how african leaders holds on to power

The book's hero is Kamiti, an honest man who poses as a witchdoctor to escape the police and then finds he's rather good at it. The authorities fear his power over the populace, but call him in when the Ruler inexplicably starts to swell like a giant balloon in response to the Global Bank's refusal to fund a ludicrous state project.

The book is available on www.amazon.com and www.kachifo.com/order in case anyone is interested.

In this richly textured narrative, Sefi explores the themes of class and morality. The protagonist is female and displays admirable strength and courage in a world that constantly gnaws at everything she believes in and holds sacred. Her characters are real and we quickly identify with them. We share in their pain, their joy, their hunger and their sweat. They are like our neighbors, our colleagues and our friends. As usual Sefi’s prose sings in clean, uncluttered sentences, laden with humor, satire and wit. Sefi blends the past and the present well with her excellent use of flashback such that one flows seamlessly into the other.
She closes with an emotionally charged ending with Tolani overcome with grief and questioning who her real father is and her mother’s morality. Though Rose is a lady of easy virtue, we feel her pain because at the end of the day, everyone swallows something or the other to get by. Mrs. Durojaiye swallows her pride, Sanwo swallows his morality and threatens to tell on his Uncle’s wife, Tolani swallows her values and beliefs and tries to swallow more… It simply goes on and on.

This book is available on amazon.com and kachifo.com

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There should have a database on their website where that can be downloaded