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LeVar Burton Reads

Nnedi Okorafor, Author of "Mother of Invention", Part 3

LeVar Burton Reads

Stitcher

Arts, Performing Arts

4.917K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

LeVar talks to Africanfuturist Nnedi Okorafor about the visceral nature of her writing, writing a beautiful and green future for the Niger Delta, and how human-AI relationships can feel like parent-child relationships. Plus, she'll tell us what she thinks happens after those final tense moments in "Mother of Invention".

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Lovar Burton and this is Lovar Burton Reads.

0:09.9

In every episode I hand pick a different piece of short fiction and I read it to you.

0:15.6

The only thing these stories have in common is that I love them and I hope you will too.

0:24.0

Okay, so today I'm actually not going to read you a story.

0:30.0

Instead I'm going to sit down with the author of Mother of Invention which I've been reading

0:35.4

these last few weeks.

0:37.0

But first I wanted to let you know that I will be back with more Lovar Burton Reads very

0:43.6

soon.

0:44.6

I'm about to start recording for season 8 and I want to know what stories or authors you

0:50.7

would like to hear.

0:51.8

So as always, leave me a review and Apple podcasts with that info.

0:57.1

You can tweet at me on Twitter, at Lovar Burton or you can join the Lovar Burton Reads

1:02.8

the Community Discussion Group on Facebook and leave your comment there.

1:08.3

And right now I am just excited to talk to Nettie Accora IV who's writing inspires

1:13.9

me to think more deeply about the future and technology and how humanity can deal with

1:21.2

all of this in a hopefully responsible manner.

1:27.0

Nettie is in her own words, Niger-American PhD holding, world fantasy, Hugo, Nebula,

1:35.7

Eisner award winning rudimentary cyborg writer of African futurism, African jujewism and

1:43.8

of Marvel's Shurray.

1:47.4

Here's my conversation with Nettie.

1:49.8

Nettie Accora IV.

1:52.5

How are you?

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