![]() ![]() ![]() In the process, she learns about the motivations and culture of the Meduse, and undergoes an enormous transformation that will make her even more of an outsider to her people at the same time as it allows her to build peaceful bridges between species. This work is not only a tale of survival, but also of heroic action: at great risk to herself, Binti offers to negotiate between the Meduse and the professors at Oomza University, opening up lines of communication where there had been none before. When an alien attack on her transport ship kills all of Binti’s new classmates and leaves her alone with the deadly Meduse, she discovers that objects and traditions from her homeland somehow protect her and make it possible for her to communicate with the enemy. In this award-winning novel, Nnedi Okorafor creates an Afro-futurist world in which the young Himba woman Binti leaves her family and people in order to take a full scholarship at the interplanetary Oomza University. ![]()
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