· Jordan Ifueko is a Nigerian American writer who grew up eating fried plantains while reading comic books under a blanket fort. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their collection of Black Panther Funko Pops. She can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @JordanIfueko. Raybearer is her debut novel. *****Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. The official website of New York Times Bestseller author, Jordan Ifueko. MEET JORDAN. BOOKS. RAYBEARER Series; SHORT STORIES. EVENTS. CONTACT MEDIA. More. ENTER. JORDAN IFUEKO. NEW YORK TIMES. BESTSELLING AUTHOR. She stans revolutionary girls and 4C curls. HOME. MEET JORDAN. BOOKS. SHORT STORIES. So, Raybearer was an absolute delight and considering it is a debut, I cannot wait to see what the Ifueko will be writing in the future. This was simply such a lush and magical fantasy book and I ended up really enjoy I generally am often disappointed with YA fantasy, because a lot of it limited worldbuilding, a good dose of instalove and a fairly generic plot/5.
For her first project for the streaming platform, Atwater is penning a TV adaptation of the best-selling, West African-inspired fantasy YA novel " Raybearer " by Jordan Ifueko. "Gina is a. Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko CR: Abrams Books. Credit: Abrams Books. All hail Raybearer. EW isn't the first to sound the alarm on this highly anticipated new YA fantasy, due in the spring of next. Jordan Ifueko is a fantasy writer best known for her debut young-adult novel Raybearer. The talented author borrows a lot from the stories of her childhood growing up in Nigeria. Currently, Ifueko lives in Los Angeles with her husband. Raybearer. Raybearer tells the story of Tarisai, a young girl who always wanted to experience the love of family.
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko is a West-African inspired fantasy novel following Tarisai, the girl from Swana confined to her childhood home, Bhekina House, invisible to outsiders, where she learned everything aside from who she was and how the emperor and his councils worked. In Jordan Ifueko's fantasy debut Raybearer, Mbali, one of the Emperor's Council of Eleven, is identified as a griot – "a singer of histories and stories, the most sacred of Arit priests." Griots are not a literary invention, but an incorporation of Ifueko's Nigerian heritage into her fantasyscape, along with tutsu sprites and the culture of the Yoruba. Netflix will be adapting Jordan Ifueko's YA fantasy novel Raybearer for the small screen, with Gina Atwater attached as writer.
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