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* {{Afrofuturism}}: Ejii lives in a small village in Niger that is pretty poor but also has technology ranging from iPads to water creating devices.



* NeoAfrica: Ejii lives in a small village in Niger that is pretty poor but also has technology ranging from iPads to water creating devices.

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City Planet is where a city covers the entire planet


* CityPlanet: Ginen only has one habitable area.



* OrganicTechnology: Ginen's technology is based on plants

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* OrganicTechnology: Ginen's technology is based on plantsplants.
* {{Planetville}}: Ginen only has one habitable area.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Takes place in 2070.

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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Takes place in 2070.2070.
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* BambooTechnology: All of the technology on Ginen is made of plants.


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* OrganicTechnology: Ginen's technology is based on plants
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Jaa's green metal sword.


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* StoutStrength: Chief Ette is powerful enough to fight Jaa to a standstill even though he's unarmed and she has an AbsurdlySharpBlade.

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* AbusiveParents: They abound in this book. Chief Ette and Dikeogu of the neglectful variety, Ejii's father of the psychological type.



* TheMagicComesBack: After some sort of war, random magical things have been happening on Earth.

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* TheMagicComesBack: After some sort of war, the Great Change, spurred by a war using nuclear and bio-magical weapons, random magical things have been happening on Earth.Earth and some people have gained or been born with magical powers. There is also some mention of magic already being there but much weaker and hidden



* PowerIncontinence: Dikeogu can't control when lightning strikes him.
* PsychicNosebleed: Happens several times.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Both Ejii's father and Chief Ette are horribly sexist
* PowerIncontinence: Dikeogu can't control when lightning strikes him.
him [[spoiler: until near the end of the book.]]. He's immune but nothing else around him is which is why his parents let him be taken into slavery.
* PsychicNosebleed: Happens several times.times tp Ejii.



* StayInTheKitchen: Ejii's father's attitude.

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* StayInTheKitchen: Ejii's father's attitude.and Chief Ette's attitudes.

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* ActionGirl: Sarauniya Jaa.

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* ActionGirl: Sarauniya Jaa.



* ContinuityNod: Ginen is the main setting of Okorafor's first book, ''Literature/ZahrahTheWindseeker'', and windseekers are mentioned.

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* ContinuityNod: Ginen is the main setting of Okorafor's first book, ''Literature/ZahrahTheWindseeker'', and windseekers are mentioned.a minor character, Sunshine is a windseeker.


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* FatBastard: Chief Ette


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* LadyOfWar: Sarauniya Jaa
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* ExoticExtendedMarriage: BadassPrincess Sarauniya Jaa has two husbands.

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* ExoticExtendedMarriage: BadassPrincess Princess Sarauniya Jaa has two husbands.
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2007 book by NnediOkorafor (as Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu). When 15-year old Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, her world shatters. In an era of mind-blowing technology and seductive magic, Ejii embarks on a mystical journey to track down her father's killer. With a newfound friend by her side, Ejii comes face to face with an earth turned inside out -- and with her own magical powers.

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2007 book by NnediOkorafor Creator/NnediOkorafor (as Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu). When 15-year old Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, her world shatters. In an era of mind-blowing technology and seductive magic, Ejii embarks on a mystical journey to track down her father's killer. With a newfound friend by her side, Ejii comes face to face with an earth turned inside out -- and with her own magical powers.
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* ContinuityNod: Ginen is the main setting of Okorafor's first book, ''Literature/ZahrahTheWindseeker'' and windseekers are mentioned.

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* ContinuityNod: Ginen is the main setting of Okorafor's first book, ''Literature/ZahrahTheWindseeker'' ''Literature/ZahrahTheWindseeker'', and windseekers are mentioned.

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* ContinuityNod: Ginen is the main setting of Okorafor's first book, ''Zahrah the Windseeker'' and windseekers are mentioned.

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* ContinuityNod: Ginen is the main setting of Okorafor's first book, ''Zahrah the Windseeker'' ''Literature/ZahrahTheWindseeker'' and windseekers are mentioned.
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throw in an image (why not?) :)

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* ExoticExtendedMarriage: BadassPrincess Sarauniya Jaa has two husbands.
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* NeoAfrica: Ejii lives in a small village in Niger that is pretty poor but also has technology ranging from iPads to water creating devices.
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* TheDoctorDolittle: Ejii can talk to animals, and many other inanimate objects.


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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Ejii can talk to animals, and many other inanimate objects.
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* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: When Jaa beheads Ejii's father.
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* TheMagicComesBack: After some sort of war, random magical things have been happening on Earth.
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* LonelyRichKid: Dikeogu, at one point.
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* MySkullRunnethOver: What happened to the older Shadow Speaker in Ejii's village.


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* RightfulQueenReturns: Jaa returns to the town she ruled and beheads Ejii's father, who has taken over in her absence.
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* TechnicolorEyes: All shadow speakers have oddly light colored eyes (though it is never stated what color exactly they are).
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* TheQuest: Ejii's quest to find Jaa, and then her, Dikeogu, Jaa and Jaa's husbands go to find Ginen.
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* TheDoctorDoolittle: Ejii can talk to animals, and many other inanimate objects.

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* TheDoctorDoolittle: TheDoctorDolittle: Ejii can talk to animals, and many other inanimate objects.

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