And eventually, she must return home to test the strength of the fragile peace she worked so hard to win.Ĭollected now for the first time in omnibus form-and introducing a new Binti story-follow Binti's journey in this groundbreaking sci-fi trilogy. Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. For this lone Himba woman, now bonded with a Medusa and forever changed by this bond, still must find a way to survive and thrive at Oomza University amid swirling interspecies biases. A prime example of Africanfuturism as coined by its author Nnedi Okorafor, the Binti trilogy of novellas explores the often paradoxically disruptive effects of efforts to achieve harmony. Binti By: Nnedi Okorafor Narrated by: Robin Miles Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins 4.4 (3,818 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. If Binti is to survive this voyage and save the inhabitants of the unsuspecting planet that houses Oomza Uni, it will take all of her knowledge and talents to broker the peace.īut even if Binti achieves this remarkable feat, it's not the end of her story. There is more to the history of the Medusae-and their war with the Khoush-than first meets the eye. Now, Binti must fend for herself, alone on a ship full of the beings who murdered her crew, with five days until she reaches her destination. Despite her family's concerns, Binti's talent for mathematics and her aptitude with astrolabes make her a prime candidate to undertake this interstellar journey.īut everything changes when the jellyfish-like Medusae attack Binti's spaceship, leaving her the only survivor. Nnedi Okorafor's Binti: Home is the second installment in her series following a young woman with grand interstellar dreams, who now must reconcile her university experiences with her home culture. In her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella, Nnedi Okorafor introduced us to Binti, a young Himba girl with the chance of a lifetime: to attend the prestigious Oomza University.

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