13 Upcoming New HBO Series To Be Excited About
6. Who Fears Death
Nnedi Okorafor's novel Who Fears Death won the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and has now been optioned for a TV series with great potential.
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The book takes place in a post-apocalyptic future Sudan, where the light-skinned Nuru oppress the dark-skinned Okeke. It follows Onyesonwu, the child of an Okeke woman raped by a Nuru man, who possesses magical powers and goes on a quest to defeat her sorcerer father.
It's a promise that blends magical fantasy with serious racial and gender issues, and should make for a ripe drama series from HBO, with George R.R. Martin onboard to executive produce alongside former HBO President Michael Lombardo, with Selwyn Seyfu Hinds writing the series.
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