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Violence
Some
Violence; colonial oppression; physical suffering
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief sexual references
Substance Use
Barely any
Drinking and drug use (palm wine, etc
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of the spirit world, poverty, and what it means to be born into suffering
What this book is about
Okri's 1991 Booker Prize novel follows Azaro, an abiku (spirit child) in a Nigerian village, who can see both the spirit world and the material world. Features violence, supernatural terror, and the poverty of West African village life. For adults.
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Violence
Supernatural terror
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