Ikenga (novel)

Ikenga is a 2020 middle grade fantasy novel by Nigerian American writer Nnedi Okorafor.

On the day his father's memorial celebration, his father spirit soon appears to him and give him a gift of a small figurine known as Ikenga which can transform Nnamdi into a huge black figure with superhuman strength and rage nicknamed The Man by Newspapers.

The book received positive reactions[6] with the New York Times praising Okorafor's characters.

[7] School Library Journal in a starred review stated that "this wonderfully fresh superhero origin story offers a look into the shadowy, inexplicable powers that are sudden bestowed in a child".

[8] Kirkus Review noted it for being "a memorable middle grade murder mystery".