![]() ![]() An oracle explains that these dreams are prophetic and sends her and her friends to a magical city populated with spirits who chat on cellphones. Sunny's been having strange nightmares, possibly tied to new environmental disasters. The magic appears influenced by Igbo religious practices in Sunny’s diverse Nigeria, populated by Muslims and Christians, where Sunny and her African-American and Nigerian friends learn magic and eat in Uzoma’s Chinese Restaurant. A superstitious bigot accuses Sunny (who does draw supernatural power from her albinism) of being a witch as albino Nigerians suffer genuine harm from such accusations, the truth in this attack strikes a discordant note. Sunny is albino, though her magic has eliminated most disabling effects aside from a need to wear glasses. ![]() Now she alternates among regular school Leopard training with her teacher, Sugar Cream training with her magical alter ego spirit face and hiding her secret life from her parents and brothers. ![]() ![]() A soccer-loving, American-born Nigerian 13-year-old matures into her mystical powers.Ī few years after her Igbo parents brought their children to live in Nigeria ( Akata Witch, 2011), Sunny Nwazue had learned she belonged to the mystical Leopard People. ![]()
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