A woman wanders the African desert after surviving rape by an enemy general and the annihilation of her village. She hopes to die. Instead, she gives birth to an angry baby girl with hair and skin the colour of sand and names her Onyesonwu, meaning "who fears death". Onye is fated for a life of violence, to be an outcast. But she is unusual in ways that go deeper than the tint of her skin : from childhood she has possessed a remarkable and unique magic.
As Onye grows, so do her powers, and with them she comes to know that someone wishes her dead. A riot of death and magic set in a post-apocalyptic Sudan, where the Nuru people oppress the dark- skinned Okeke, Who Fears Death is now in development with HBO to become a major television series.
