Binti: Home

Binti: Home

<p><b>The thrilling sequel to the Hugo and Nebula-winning <i>Binti </i>by Nnedi Okorafor</b><br /><b></b> <br />It’s been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places.</p><p>And now she must return home to her people, with her friend Okwu by her side, to face her family and face her elders.</p><p>But Okwu will be the first of his race to set foot on Earth in over a hundred years, and the first ever to come in peace.</p><p>After generations of conflict can human and Meduse ever learn to truly live in harmony?</p><br /><p><i>Praise</i> <i>for Nnedi Okorafor</i>:</p><p>"Binti is a supreme read about a sexy, edgy Afropolitan in space! It's a wondrous combination of extra-terrestrial adventure and age-old African diplomacy. Unforgettable!" - <i>Wanuri Kahiu, award winning Kenyan film director of </i>Pumzi <i>and </i>From a Whisper</p><p>"A perfect dove-tailing of tribal and futuristic, of sentient space ships and ancient cultural traditions, <i>Binti</i> was a beautiful story to read.” – Little Red Reviewer</p><br /><p>“<i>Binti</i> is a wonderful and memorable coming of age story which, to paraphrase Lord of the Rings, shows that one girl can change the course of the galaxy.” – Geek Syndicate</p><br /><p>“<i>Binti</i> packs a punch because it is such a rich, complex tale of identity, both personal and cultural… and like all of Nnedi Okorafor’s works, this one is also highly, highly recommended.” – Kirkus Reviews</p><br /><p>"There's more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics." -<i>Ursula Le Guin</i></p><br /><p>"Okorafor's impressive inventiveness never flags." - <i>Gary K. Wolfe on</i> Lagoon</p><p>At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.</p>