I truly enjoyed Akata Witch! Okorafor builds a great world with a decent plot. I did have a gripe about why young people had to be the ones to hunt down Black Hat Ototkoto?? None of the older Leopard people could have stepped in. (maybe I missed it). The plot is rooted in West African mythology.* I loved how the Leopard people embraced the differences and abnormalities in their people. The pacing was all over the place as well, it was a nice steady pace then we were sprinting past the finish line. Women do take centre stage in the narrative here. I enjoyed the dynamic between African and African-American; it serves the purpose to see how different people in the diaspora view each other. It also leads to a dialogue about how unity should work within the diaspora.

*I see some people have said this is the Nigerian Harry Potter. I'm actually reading Harry Potter for the first time and I don't see it?? What the hell are yall talking about it??