The Wacker of Okanbia
A dementia-ridden gangster king in 1300s West Africa orders wacks he forgets, loves a funeral better than a feast, and dies mid-rant — leaving a kingdom of very much alive 'dead' enemies and a daughter who already has a plan.By Nnamdi Christian Oleforo
Length9h 39m
About this audiobook
In 1300s Okanbia, the demented King Kofi rules like a 1970s mob boss, ordering assassinations he instantly forgets. His consigliere Jabari secretly saves the targets, moving them to a hidden bush village that now outnumbers the living. Sefu hides this via a fake ledger. Meanwhile, Princess Ama loves Kojo, a low-class craftsman. To avoid the Queen's forced suitor games, Ama's loyal maids sabotage every visiting prince. Nearby, the ignored seer Nuru warns of foreign invasion. Chaos strikes in one day: Kofi dies mid-sentence, Jabari's village is exposed, the angry 'dead' return, and invaders arrive at the gates. Ama and Kojo seize the empty throne, unite the factions, and defeat the threat. Peace follows. Ama rules as Queen with King Consort Kojo. Jabari advises, Nuru becomes official Seer, and the hidden village merges into a booming capital. The fake ledger is safely retired, launching a new golden age of art, music, and theatre built on the memory of the gangster king who lost control.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Politics and Government
Length9 hrs 39 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 5, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Funeral of Colour, Chaos & Cubism
2Nuru the Far Seer Interrupts
3The Market of Everything
4Outsiders Break the Rules
5Queen's Secret Plan Begins
Show all chaptersShow less
6The King's Dementia Deepens
7Ama & Kojo's Secret Romance
8Outsiders Escalate
9The Doctor's Concoction is Ready
10Training Montage of Disaster
11Nuru Warns Again
12The Outsiders Prepare for the Games
13The King Forgets the Games Exist
14The King Discovers the 'Dead' Alive
15Sefu's Dilemma Part 1
16Sefu's Dilemma Part 2
17A New Renaissance
More from Nnamdi Christian Oleforo
Pendulum 7: The Genetic Freaks TrilogyNnamdi Oleforo11h 6m$14.99
Pendulum 10: The Genetic Freaks TrilogyNnamdi Oleforo10h 58m$14.99
Pendulum 6: The Genetic Freaks TrilogyNnamdi Oleforo11h 4m$14.99
PENDULUM 9: The Rural Warlord c2068Nnamdi Oleforo10h 3m$14.99
PENDULUM 5: The Rural Warlord c2068Nnamdi Oleforo10h 17m$14.99
PENDULUM 4: The Rural Warlord c2068Nnamdi Oleforo10h 41m$14.99
Pendulum 3: Dr Leonard Chase Nnamdi Oleforo9h 35m$14.99
Pendulum 2: Dr Leonard Chase Nnamdi Oleforo9h 39m$14.99
Pendulum 1: Dr Leonard Chase Trilogy c2067Nnamdi Oleforo10h 5m$14.99
Atlanta NoiNnamdi Oleforo9h 9m$9.99
Atlanta Noir: The Alumni of...Nnamdi Oleforo10h 10m$9.99
Atlanta NoirNnamdi Oleforo9h 9m3.7 (603)$9.99
The King Who Wanted EverythingNnamdi Christian Oleforo11h 15m$9.99
ELEANORNnamdi Christian Oleforo10h$9.99
MAXIMILIANNnamdi C Oleforo9h 59m$9.99
Jubilee, 50th Anniversary EditionMargaret Walker15h 43m4.5 (9.5K)$25 · $0.00
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen14h 44m4.4 (4.7M)$2 · $0.00
Flying Colours (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith9h 26m4.4 (10.1K)$2 · $0.00
With Love from HarlemReShonda Tate13h 48m4.5 (2K)$6 · $0.00
Sweet Home Highland ChristmasMay McGoldrick, Jan Coffey2h 54m4.5 (1.4K)$7 · $0.00
Rilla of InglesideL. M. Montgomery12h 25m4.4 (67.5K)$2 · $0.00
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Annotated)Willa Cather9h 13m4.4 (4.7K)$2 · $0.00
The Alice NetworkKate Quinn15h 7m4.4 (887.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Goddess of WarsawLisa Barr13h 4m4.4 (36.4K)$33 · $0.00
The Ohio River Trilogy: Betty Zane, The Spirit of the Border & The Last TrailZane Grey29h 8m4.4 (1.8K)$1 · $0.00
The Attic ChildLola Jaye14h 46m4.4 (21K)$33 · $0.00
Martyr of the CatacombsJames De Mille3h 41m4.5 (744)$1 · $0.00
Bring Up The BodiesHilary Mantel14h 35m4.4 (150K)$33 · $0.00
By the Shores of Silver LakeLaura Ingalls Wilder7h 38m4.4 (103.7K)$1 · $0.00
Sexy/DangerousBeverly Jenkins10h 19m4.4 (2.3K)$29 · $0.00
Trustee from the ToolroomNevil Shute Norway11h 42m4.4 (10.5K)$1 · $0.00
Chasing CassandraLisa Kleypas8h 59m4.3 (108.3K)$29 · $0.00
Deeper than the OceanMirta Ojito12h 29m4.4 (927)$29 · $0.00
North and SouthElizabeth Gaskell21h 29m4.3 (201K)$2 · $0.00
The Next Person You Meet in HeavenMitch Albom3h 58m4.3 (129.7K)$20 · $0.00
RiggedMollie Hemingway12h 48m4.6 (4.2K)$23 · $0.00
SledgehammerDavid Friedman8h 21m4.7 (589)$26 · $0.00
Citizenship in a Republic (Annotated)Theodore Roosevelt2h 44m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m4.6 (809)$28 · $0.00
Always FaithfulThomas Schueman, Zainullah Zaki12h 12m4.6 (977)$29 · $0.00
UnthinkableJamie Raskin15h 8m4.5 (9.3K)$8 · $0.00
My Fourth Time, We DrownedSally Hayden13h 59m4.6 (2.9K)$23 · $0.00
A Revolution of Common SenseScott Jennings9h 29m4.6 (528)$29 · $0.00
Statement From the Dock at the Rivonia TrialNelson Mandela2h 18m4.6 (1.3K)$1 · $0.00
Lessons from the EdgeMarie Yovanovitch17h 11m4.5 (5.9K)$40 · $0.00
To Rescue the American SpiritBret Baier10h 12m4.5 (2.7K)$8 · $0.00
StonewalledSharyl Attkisson15h 19m4.5 (4.3K)$33 · $0.00
The World According to Orwell: 1984 & Animal FarmGeorge Orwell15h 42m4.6 (1.1K)$1 · $0.00
Basic EconomicsThomas Sowell18h 32m4.5 (29.3K)$28 · $0.00
To Rescue the RepublicBret Baier, Catherine Whitney11h 42m4.5 (8.6K)$29 · $0.00
Modern WarriorsPete Hegseth7h 10m4.5 (4.7K)$24 · $0.00
Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (Annotated)Marcus Mosiah Garvey4h 42m4.5 (1.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
A Plague Upon Our HouseScott W. Atlas MD10h 37m4.5 (3.4K)$20 · $0.00
One Bright MoonAndrew Kwong12h 21m4.5 (813)$29 · $0.00
CredibleDeborah Tuerkheimer8h 5m4.6 (551)$26 · $0.00
You may also like
The Black TulipAlexandre Dumas7h 43m4.0 (29.6K)Free
The Grand Babylon HôtelArnold Bennett8h 35m3.7 (2.6K)$1 · $0.00
The Queen's NecklaceAlexandre Dumas15h 33m4.0 (3.3K)$2.30
OcultaMaya Motayne16h 9m4.0 (1.4K)$33 · $0.00
A Burnable BookBruce Holsinger13h 58m3.7 (5.6K)$33 · $0.00
The Queen's NecklaceAlexandre Dumas14h 56m4.0 (3.2K)$1 · $0.00
The Triumph of CaesarSteven Saylor8h 2m4.0 (2.9K)$17
The Royal GameLinda Keir10h 5m3.6 (1.1K)$25
Boleyn TraitorPhilippa Gregory19h 30m4.2 (13.5K)$8 · $0.00
The Secret Agent (Annotated)Joseph Conrad11h 50m3.8 (25.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
Saving the QueenWilliam F. Buckley Jr.10h 8m3.9 (1.1K)$20
New Arabian NightsRobert Louis Stevenson8h 59m3.7 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The Scent of DangerFiona Buckley8h 54m4.2 (326)$20
The Sword DecidesMarjorie Bowen10h 48m$2.40
The HeirSydney C. Grier10h 23m$2 · $0.00
The Popish Plot A Study in the History of the Reign of Charles IIJohn Pollock13h 55m3.7 (12)$2.30
Change of PlansAddison Albright3h 55m4.2 (26)$4 · $0.00
NeroJacob Abbott7h 31m3.8 (420)$6 · $0.00
MoralLudwig Thoma3h 40m3.7 (17)$2 · $0.00
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol 7Robert Louis Stevenson13h 19m$2.30