Zahrah the Windseeker

Published under the name Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, this first novel follows Zahrah, a teenager from an African garden city where computers grow in the trees. An unknown plant sprouts one morning in her hair: what seems a curse becomes an extraordinary power, in the hands of an aspiring herbalist. Wole Soyinka Prize, an initiatory tale where difference turns into strength.

Sources

• https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL592087A/Nnedi_Okorafor