๐BOOK TITLE: IKENGA
๐AUTHOR: NNEDI OKORAFOR
๐GENRE: FANTASY||AFRICAN LITERATURE
๐THOUGHTS&OPINIONS:
#LetterI of my alphabet challenge #ThirdBookOf2024
So I decided to dive into african literature with IKENGA! In this book we follow the story of Nnamdi aged 12 whose father is the chief of police. An honest man who wanted to get rid of all the criminals in Kaleria, but that dream got cut short when someone murdered him. As it should be Nnamdi and his mom were disheartened at the sudden death of the man of the house.
On the one year anniversary of his father's death, he brought Nnamdi a gift( The Ikenga) which had the ability to give him supernatural strength and other abilities when appropriately used. The Ikenga had to be controlled and giving a young boy that much responsibility is not acceptable to me at all. Nnamdi had to keep secrets from his mom and friends.Nnamdi was young and a lot of thing could have happened if the ikenga was not controlled
I am really glad at the end Nnamdi at least had control of the IKENGA
๐RATINGS: 4 OUT OF 5 STARS ⭐⭐⭐⭐
๐QUOTES:
"have courage but be smart about it"
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