Sci-fi author Nnedi Okorafor on creating an interstellar coming-of-age story
“Nnedi Okorafor is one of the most exciting authors writing science fiction and fantasy today, and we really enjoyed her Binti stories when we read them earlier this year. She’s currently an associate professor of creative writing and literature at the University of Buffalo, and has won widespread acclaim for her work, including the World Fantasy, Hugo, and Nebula awards.
The two novellas follow Binti, a bright young woman who leaves her family to travel to a well-known interstellar university called Oomza Uni. On her way there, her spaceship is attacked by the Meduse, a jellyfish-like alien species that have an ax to grind against humans…”
Binti was born out of my own personal struggles with family, my own need to pursue my dreams, my need to see Africa in the future, and my experiences of traveling to distant and vastly different parts of the world in a short period of time.
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