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I was mentioned on Jeopardy! yesterday, 😃. He pronounced my name perfectly AND the contestant knew the answer. So cool!! 😎💃🏿And yay for the huge shoutout to BINTI! #Africanfuturism represented.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD🕷️
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD🕷️
@Nnedi
*THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer
- Wow, these people have even removed my NAME from my novel's cover in the tweet. Woooooooow, mschew. 😒. They don't even know details.George R.R. Martin is adapting an African sci-fi novel for TV: bit.ly/2tGYg3m
- "Afrocentric"....at least say Afrofuturist, yeesh. Get with it. And *I* wrote the novel being adapted. Mscheeeeeeeeeeew.HBO orders Afrocentric new sci-fi series from producer George R.R. Martin trib.al/haelYJK
- The giant wood moth, the heaviest moth in the world. 😍!! Note: They are harmless (unlike humans), so no "kill it with fire" comments. Thanks.
- My novel WHO FEARS DEATH has been optioned by @HBO & is now in early development as a TV series with George RR Martin as executive producer.
- Ok, I need to say this, as THE first black woman to write T'Challa...I'm the first black woman to write T'Challa. And I did it years ago. I wrote Long Live the King, a limited Black Panther series. That headline is wrong. I am exhausted.
- 💥Announcement: I'm writing Shuri. 🤓 "Black Panther's Sister Shuri Is Getting Her Own Comic Book Series & It's Happening So, So Soon" bustle.com/p/black-panthe…
- An owl sitting with its legs crossed. Why? We will never know and the owl will never tell.
- As an avid Tomb Raider video game player back in the 90s, I appreciate this Lara Croft cosplay very much. 😊
- Finally, I can be public about it! We are adapting Binti into a TV series at @hulu. I’m co-writing the pilot with @stacyamma (HBO's Watchmen). #Africanfuturism #Binti 🌍🚀 hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bint…
- Explanation #1: Gouldian Finch chicks have blue phosphorescent beads along their mouths, making it easier for their parents to feed them in their dark nests. Explanation #2: Aliens.
