When Okorafor was 19 years old, she had surgery to correct scoliosis (a curvature of the spine). She was also adept at science and at one point thought she would study to become an entomologist. In high school she excelled as an athlete, playing tennis and running track. Okorafor was raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, but during school vacations frequently spent time with family in Nigeria. Her parents were immigrants from Nigeria. Nnedimma “Nnedi” Nkemdili Okorafor was born on April 8, 1974, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Okorafor often promoted young Black girls as superheroes in her work while exploring social issues such as racial inequality, political violence, and corruption. Africanjujuism is a subcategory of fantasy that blends in aspects of African spiritualism. Africanfuturism is a term she created to describe a subcategory of science fiction that focuses on African culture, history, and mythology and is centered in Africa (rather than in the Western world). She centered her work on Africanfuturism and Africanjujuism. Nigerian American author Nnedi Okorafor wrote science-fiction and fantasy novels, short stories, and comics for both children and adults. Neilson Barnard - Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images
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