Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi stories that imagine a future Africa
Nnedi Okorafor: Geleceğin Afrika'sını hayal eden bilim kurgu hikâyeleri
Nnedi Okorafor weaves African cultures into the evocative settings and memorable characters of her science fiction work for kids and adults. Full bio
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from a traditional family
bir aileden gelen
university in the galaxy,
ve gezegeninden uzaklaşsa
from my "Binti" novella trilogy:
and said a silent prayer.
ve sessizce dua ettim.
to do if it didn't work.
or, more likely, a grain of sand,
I had to restart it over and over
çalışıncaya kadar defalarca
please not now," I thought.
and I held my breath.
ben nefesimi tuttum.
slowly rose from the sand.
the baggage-lifting force.
to the shuttle on time.
with my index finger and knelt down,
vurdum ve diz çöktüm.
red clay into it.
along the dark desert road.
yarım mil mesafedeydi.
I would make it there on time.
zamanında varabilirdim.
I paused and shut my eyes.
ve gözlerimi kapadım.
was pressing on my shoulders.
part of myself for the first time
geleneksel yanıma
and they had no clue.
ve ardımda iz bırakmamıştım.
except for my younger sister and brother,
dışında hepsi benden büyüktü,
I'd do such a thing in a million years.
ebeveynlerimin aklından bile geçmezdi.
what I'd done and where I was going,
fark ettiklerinde
would growl to each other
to set foot in their home again.
who lived down the road
dört halam iki amcam
the entire bloodline.
nasıl kirlettiğimi konuşurlardı.
to the transporter,
around each ankle jingled noisily,
dokunmazsam en iyi şekilde çalışıyordu.
when I didn't touch it.
sweat forming on my brow.
sitting atop the force field a shove.
iki büyük bavulu atmaya karar verdim.
and I breathed another sigh of relief.
rahatlayıp derin nefes aldım.
of the Himba ethnic group.
bir matematik dehası.
into a university on another planet,
üniversiteye kabul edilmiş.
of her people in her veins,
ways, even the land on her very skin,
cildinde bile toprağın izi var.
she becomes not other, but more.
daha fazlası oluyor.
and then becoming more
sonra daha fazla olması fikri
a different type of science fiction.
bilim kurgu diyebilirsiniz.
classic science fiction and Afrofuturism
Afrofütürizmin farkını en iyi
intelligent creatures on earth.
en zeki varlıklardandır.
from a different evolutionary line,
of various forms of science fiction.
temelleri için de söylenebilir.
societies, social issues,
what's within our planet.
hakkında spekülasyonlar yapar.
and most effective forms
siyasi yazı tarzının en etkili
has the same ancestral bloodline,
aynı soy ağacına sahiptir,
science fiction,
Batı temelli bilim kurgu vardır,
Robert Heinlein, etc.
Robert Heinlein'dan bahsediyoruz.
wrote science fiction?
bilim kurgu yazsa ne olur?
read much science fiction.
colonization and seeing aliens as others.
konuları ilgimi çekmiyordu.
who looked like me in those narratives.
kimseye de rastlamıyordum.
to seek education from extraterrestrials.
eğitim almak için gezegeni terk ediyor.
a line of classic space opera narratives,
takip ettiğimden değil
leave the planet on her own terms.
görme amacıyla yazdım.
had different ancestors,
Nigerian immigrant parents
of classic science fiction.
doğum yerlerinden biri.
that led me to write science fiction.
Nijerya mirasım oldu.
to Nigeria in the late '90s.
aile gezilerine atıf yapmak istiyorum.
with my family since I was very young.
Nijerya'ya gezilere giderdik.
even wrote took place in Nigeria.
Nijerya'da geçmiş oldu.
ve fantazi yazdım,
cosmologies and spiritualities.
ve maneviyatından ilham almıştım.
the role of technology in Nigeria:
fark etmeye başladım:
419 dolandırıcıları,
to my cousin's desktop computer
kuzenimin masaüstü bilgisayarına
was always going on and off.
Nijeryalıların normal gördüğü
that most Nigerians saw as normal.
neden olacak kadar ilgimi çekti.
gave birth to stories.
from my novel, "Lagoon."
to the great mess happening in Lagos,
burada Afrika'da yaşanan bu karmaşanın
had portable, chargeable,
şarj edilebilir, ışıldayan,
communicating, connected devices,
ve bağlantısı olan cihazı var ki
and posted online in some way,
kaydediliyor veya paylaşılıyor,
is connected like a spider's web.
örümcek ağı gibi bağlı.
dominated every international news source,
uluslararası haber kaynağını,
circle, pyramid and trapezoid.
circle, pyramid ve trapezoid'i esir aldı.
past, present and future.
geçmiş, şu an ve geleceğin içinde.
and ancestors who dwelled in Lagos.
ve atalarımızın içinde.
of the people of Lagos.
kalp ve akılları içinde.
the supreme spider artist,
büyük örümcek ressam,
beneath the city of Lagos,
toprağın içinde yaşıyor,
of extraterrestrials coming to Lagos.
who was the size of a house
the past, present and future
sorumlu örümcek
and be a part of the story.
olmaya karar veriyor.
and sociopolitical changes it'll inspire.
sosyopolitik değişiklikleri düşünün.
science fiction can be a will to power.
bilim kurgu güce giden irade olabilir.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nnedi Okorafor - Science fiction writerNnedi Okorafor weaves African cultures into the evocative settings and memorable characters of her science fiction work for kids and adults.
Why you should listen
Nnedi Okorafor is an award-winning novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy and magical realism. Born in the US to Nigerian immigrant parents, Okorafor is known for weaving African cultures into creative settings and memorable characters. Her books include Lagoon (a British Science Fiction Association Award finalist for best novel), Who Fears Death (a World Fantasy Award winner for best novel), Kabu Kabu (a Publisher's Weekly best book for Fall 2013), Akata Witch (an Amazon.com best book of the year), Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature) and The Shadow Speaker (a CBS Parallax Award winner).
Her 2016 novel The Book of Phoenix is an Arthur C. Clarke Award finalist, while the first book in the Binti Trilogy won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novella. Her children’s book Chicken in the Kitchen won an Africana Book Award. The final installment of the Binti Trilogy, titled The Night Masquerade, will be released in September 2017, and the sequel to Akata Witch (titled Akata Warrior) is was published in October 2017. Meanwhile, her book Who Fears Death has been optioned by HBO, with Game of Thrones' George R.R. Martin as executive producer.
Okorafor is a full professor at the University at Buffalo, New York (SUNY).
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