Akata Witch seems like a Nigerian version of Harry Potter. The people are called leopard people, and Sunny is the main character in the novel. She finds out that she is a magical leopard person and finally finds her place to belong in the world.
The witches in this story are archetypes because some are good and others are bad. For example, Black Hat Otokoto is a bad leopard person and a murderer of children and the good leopard people know they must stop him. Another bad character is Ekwensu and she is so powerful that she is compared to Satan. However, there are other multiple good witches who are similar roles to the teachers in Harry Potter. For example, Anatov is similar to Dumbledore because he teaches and mentors the young leopards.
However, none of these witches seem to fit the archetype of the old historical witches from stories like The Wizard of Oz. The witch from old stories are 2 dimensional so they are not very interesting. I'm glad that the archetype has grown into more interesting witches today.
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