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The Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer

Oomza University
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    Nnedi Okorafor, PhD‏Verified account @Nnedi 16 Oct 2018

    I try to get people to stop calling the Akata series a "Nigerian Harry Potter", but ppl keep doing it.🤷🏾‍♀️ My stories aren't the black version of white authors. My foundation isn't whiteness (no disrespect to whiteness). Ijs. My foundation geminated in Arondizuogu & Isiekenesi.

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      1. Becky Becker Beckest‏ @takacsbecky 16 Oct 2018
        Replying to @Nnedi

        I remember being startled the first time I heard this comparison. I love the Akata Witch series... your words, the scenes you set, the characters are all wonderful ... Sunny's world feels so different to me than HP.

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      1. Karl Ruben Weseth‏ @karuwes 16 Oct 2018
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        "Existing in the same literary continuum as" ≠ "directly inspired by". Why is this so hard to grasp for some people? (Also, I read Who Fears Death recently, and really really loved it; opening sequence one of my all-time favourites)

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      1. TIANZI (天子)‏ @qwuesting 16 Oct 2018
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        Ada Mazi.

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      1. munachimso‏ @munahdavid 16 Oct 2018
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        My mum too is from Arondizuogu

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      1. Misty306 is reading her 2022 TBR!!!‏ @AquaVenatus 16 Oct 2018
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        Maybe a meme would help? 🤔😣

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      2. Octavia Butler knew...‏ @NotNikyatu 16 Oct 2018
        Replying to @Nnedi

        Tell👏🏾 them👏🏾!

        1 reply . 4 retweets 22 likes
      3. Valerie Hawkins, Unrelenting Nerd‏ @valsadie 16 Oct 2018
        Replying to @NotNikyatu @Nikyatu @Nnedi

        And tell them again, as necessary. They see such a statement as a compliment or "just" a frame of reference. NO. It's a thoroughly original work on which a lazy European reference is being imposed. Expand your world.

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      1. Lynn Pitts‏ @LynnTalks2Much 16 Oct 2018
        Replying to @Nnedi

        I understand your annoyance with that but there are some scenes that are a direct correlation to the Potter series so I can also understand why people say that. In any case I ❤️ the Akata series and I can’t WAIT for more!

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      2. nate.andersen@gmail.com‏ @nateandersen 16 Oct 2018
        Replying to @Nnedi

        Just started listening to Akata Witch on tape during my commute. I’m loving it so far. Silly for folks to compare it to Harry Potter, since the motif of a child awakening to a whole new unexpected world of magic had been around long before JK Rowling and in many traditions.

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      3. Shameen‏ @ShameenYakubu 17 Oct 2018
        Replying to @nateandersen @Nnedi

        Not really “silly” even though you’re right. it’s not about being first Harry Potter is obviously largest and most successful and popular... it’s like calling something the McDonalds of _______ McDonalds wasn’t the first burger or fast food place.

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