Mixing juju and technology with mixed results
on Sheila Ash (India), 24/Feb/2016 11:06, 34 days ago
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Hello MotobyNnedi OkoraforAvailable online athttp://www.tor.com/stories/2011/11/hello-motoHaving read two of Okorafor's books now I thought I'd try some of her short stories, this is the first one I foundonline. It was written in 2011 a few years before her other works I have read the novellaBintiin 2015 and her novelLagoonin 2014. She excites me as an author because of her Naija Scifi/fantasy bent.There is an interesting premis to the story but I'm not sure it completely comes off. Rain has made herself and two girlfriends, Coco and Philo, wigs blending technology and juju, a mixture which, of course, doesn’t quite have the effects Rain had intended, instead turning the wearers into vampires. I can relate to the picture of these women that Okorafor creates – fashion conscious, preoccupied with hair where hair and identity are intimately linked, pampered and privileged living in a society which ismany people are not. Whether this would come across well enough to a reader without any experience of Nigeria I am unsure.ashramblings verdict 3*I’m still encouraged to read more of her worksashramblings