In Sankofa’s case, her confidence is heightened by the power she possesses. In all of Okorafor’s works, the running similarity is the confidence and independence of female characters, especially the protagonists. Remote Control presents thematic concerns that border on the exploitation of rural communities by political leaders and international corporations, female solidarity, loss and the grief associated with it. There are Twi speaking robots that direct traffic and all forms of 3D electronics are rife throughout the land. As a typical Africanfuturist piece of literature a genre that Okorafor is famous for, Remote Control presents a fusion of sci-fi, speculative art blended against the backdrop of colourful Ghanaian culture. This encounter changes the course of her life forever, leading the plot to hinge on her quest to find her life’s purpose whilst navigating life with the strange power that seeks to control her from the inside. As early as age 4, Fatima’s love for nature leads her to merge with an element which fell as an aftermath of a meteor shower. Remote Control is an exciting novella which follows the life of a young girl who is born Fatima, but later changes her name to Sankofa, in the town of Wulugu in Northern Ghana. However, Nnedi Okorafor shows that she is a writer worth her salt especially in how she presents Ghanaian life of the near-future. I am often weary when non-Ghanaian writers venture to write about Ghanaian culture.
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