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Antar: The Black Knight
Discover a legend in this epic and empowering debut graphic novel from Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor.
Honor through perseverance. Legacy through diversity. Resonating for centuries, this is the epic story of one of history's greatest warriors and finest poets: Antar the Black Knight. A despised camel driver born of an African slave mother and an Arab Noble father, Antar proves that heroes are made by embracing who we are and dreaming about what we can become.
Nnedi Okorafor is an international award-winning novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism for both children and adults. She has won multiple awards for her books including Who Fears Death (a World Fantasy Award winner for Best Novel), Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature), the BintiTrilogy (the first of which won both Hugo and Nebula Awards), and her children's book Chicken in the Kitchen (winner of an Africana Book Award).
Honor through perseverance. Legacy through diversity. Resonating for centuries, this is the epic story of one of history's greatest warriors and finest poets: Antar the Black Knight. A despised camel driver born of an African slave mother and an Arab Noble father, Antar proves that heroes are made by embracing who we are and dreaming about what we can become.
Nnedi Okorafor is an international award-winning novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism for both children and adults. She has won multiple awards for her books including Who Fears Death (a World Fantasy Award winner for Best Novel), Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature), the BintiTrilogy (the first of which won both Hugo and Nebula Awards), and her children's book Chicken in the Kitchen (winner of an Africana Book Award).
48 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 18, 2018
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Nnedi Okorafor
158 books18k followersNnedi Okorafor is a New York Times Bestselling writer of science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. The more specific terms for her works are africanfuturism and africanjujuism, both terms she coined and defined. Born in the United States to two Nigerian (Igbo) immigrant parents and visiting family in Nigeria since she was a child, the foundation and inspiration of Nnedi’s work is rooted in this part of Africa. Her many works include Who Fears Death (winner of the World Fantasy Award and in development at HBO as a TV series), the Nebula and Hugo award winning novella trilogy Binti (in development as a TV series), the Lodestar and Locus Award winning Nsibidi Scripts Series, LaGuardia (winner of a Hugo and Eisner awards for Best Graphic Novel) and her most recent novella Remote Control. Her debut novel Zahrah the Windseeker won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature. She lives with her daughter Anyaugo in Phoenix, AZ. Learn more about Nnedi at Nnedi.com and follow Nnedi on twitter (as @Nnedi), Facebook and Instagram.
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April 30, 2021
As always, I wish this issue was longer but can't wait for the next book
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