Nnedi Okorafor

Post-apocalyptic fantasy set in future Sudan where Onyesonwu, a child of rape, must use her magical powers to end genocide and rewrite her world's Great Book.

A young Himba woman leaves Earth to attend an intergalactic university, becoming key to ending an ancient war between humans and the jellyfish-like Meduse.

Sunny, an albino Nigerian-American girl living in Nigeria, discovers she is a 'free agent' with magical abilities — and must join a secret group of Leopard People to fight a serial killer.

Aliens make first contact not in Washington D.C. but in Lagos. A marine biologist, a soldier, and a hip-hop star are the first to encounter them. Lagos — its chaos, its life force — is the real protagonist.