Akwaeke Emezi
Akwaeke Emezi is a Nigerian author and artist whose debut novel Freshwater draws on Igbo spiritual tradition to tell the story of a protagonist inhabited by spirits. Their fantasy novel Pet depicts a future society in which monsters have been banished, told through the story of a girl who summons one. Their work is among the most original in contemporary speculative fiction.
Works
- FreshwaterSpirit-inhabited girl navigates identity, gender, trauma, and consciousness fragmentation
- PetWoman shelters supernatural creature challenging notions of good, love, violence
- The Death of Vivek OjiFamily grieves trans son's death and confronts intersex identity and loss
- Bitter
- You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty