Ikenga

In Kaleria, a fictional city in Nigeria, twelve-year-old Nnamdi witnesses his father, the police chief, assassinated by the underworld. On the day of mourning, his father’s spirit gifts him an ikenga: the Igbo charm of strength that transforms him into Black Man, a superhuman avenger. The first male hero created by Okorafor, nominated for the Edgar Awards.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikenga_(novel)