"The theme of choice and the power of culture pops up in my stories often. Before Binti, the biggest example of this is in Who Fears Death when Onyesonwu must face the decision of whether or not to go through a ceremony that required cutting off her clitoris. To many readers, the fact that she even has to think about whether or not to do this is shocking. Itâs not shocking to me at all, coming from the culture that I come from where the individual is often secondary to the communityâŚ"
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On choice being reconciled with culture in her works in âInterview: A Conversation with Nnedi Okoraforâ in Weird Fiction Review (2017 Feb 20)
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