Buy ‘Strong Like Me’
Strong Like Me is out now and available at all major booksellers!
order from an independent store here, or ask your local bookstore.
Events
Why A Black Woman Will Never Be Prime Minister
Tuesday 22nd October - Saturday 9th November at 7pm (and 3pm Matinee on 9th November)
I am directing a play called Why A Black Woman Will Never Be Prime Minister! While I’ve directed before, this’ll be my first time directing something over a long period of time. I’m excited to share this with you all, and hope you get a chance to see it at The Camden People’s Theatre.
The show runs from the 22nd October to 9th November. Tickets can be purchased here.
Emergence as Empowerment
Friday 25th October 2024 at 6:30pm
For my Liverpool babes! I will be in conversation with the baby boy Elliss Eyo-Thompson discussing the concept of emergence & how we can empower ourselves through this.
Leading us straight into the debut documentary screening Delado: Rising from the Ashes. The 40minute feature recollects the journey of a drum and dance collective who emerged at the backend of the 1981 Toxteth Uprisings and went onto tour the country. Tickets available here.
Strong Like Me! Reading at Discover Children’s Story Center
Monday 28th October at 11.30am
I’m excited to do another reading for Strong Like Me! I hope to see you and your little ones at this children’s event. Tickets are available here.
Press
iNews - Edge of Here by Kelechi Okafor, review: An afrofuturist Black Mirror shot through with romance
Times Radio - Alexis Conran
BBC 1Xtra Talks with Richie Brave - Traditional African spirituality
The New Scientist - The best new science fiction books of September 2023
The Bookseller (Cover story) - Kelechi Okafor in conversation about romance and crafting short stories
Meet Kelechi as she gets into her bookish bag. If you don’t see your city listed, tag your local bookstore on our Instagram page @EdgeOfHere
Strong Like Me
Read a Baby Girl’s first picture-book! The heartwarming and inspirational story supports the next generation of baby people (and our inner baby people) to discover their power, champion themselves, and be unapologetically secure in who they are.
‘Strong Like Me is a timely picture book debut by writer, social commentator, and podcast host Kelechi Okafor. This inspirational story aims to help children discover their power, champion themselves, and be unapologetically secure in who they are. Packed full of heart, the story opens important conversations around ability, intersectionality, race, and identity.’
- Progressive Preschool Magazine, Spring edition 2024
Kamara loves being super strong - it makes her feel fizzy and zappy! But her classmates and their negative words lead her to question herself and the confidence she has in her physical ability.
With sport's day and the Big Race looming, does Kamara have what it takes to reach the finish line?
“A BEAUTIFUL celebration of STRENGTH in all its forms.”
- Dapo Adeola
Edge Of Here
Enter a world very close to our own... One in which technology can allow you to explore an alternate love-life with a stranger.
A world where you can experience the emotions of another person through a chip implanted in your brain. And one where you can view snippets of a distant relative's life with a little help from your DNA.
But remember: these experiences will not be without consequences . . .
In this stunning debut collection, Kelechi Okafor combines the ancient and the ultramodern to explore tales of contemporary Black womanhood, asking questions about the way we live now and offering a glimpse into our near future.
Uplifting, thought-provoking, sometimes chilling, these are tales rooted in the recognisable, but not limited by the boundaries of our current reality-where truth can meet imagination and spirituality in unexpected ways.
Allow yourself to be taken on a journey into worlds that are blazing with possibility, through stories that will lead you right up to the Edge of Here.
Book Orders
Edge of Here is out now!
Buy your copy from all major booksellers in hardback, ebook, and audiobook. For independent bookstores, place an order through your local store, or visit: