Zahrah the Windseeker

Zahrah the Windseeker
AuthorNnedi Okorafor
IllustratorStephanie Cooper and Amanda Hall
GenreFantasy
Published2005 (HMCo Children's Books)
Publication placeNigeria
Media typeBook
Pages308
ISBN978-0-618-34090-3
OCLC56104248
LC ClassPZ7.O4157 Zah 2005

Zahrah the Windseeker is a young adult fantasy novel and the debut novel of Nigerian American writer Nnedi Okorafor, published in September 2005. It incorporates Nigerian myths, folklore, and culture.[1] It is the winner of the 2008 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa.[2]

  1. ^ Silverman, Karyn N. (December 2005). "Zahrah the Windseeker". School Library Journal. 51 (12): 151.
  2. ^ "Previous Winners". The Lumina Foundation, Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Retrieved 18 December 2013.