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Binti: Home

By Nnedi Okorafor
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Publisher Description

The thrilling sequel to the Hugo and Nebula-winning Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, and a finalist for the 2018 Hugo and Nommo Awards

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.

And now she must return home to her people, with her friend Okwu by her side, to face her family and face her elders.

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.

After generations of conflict can human and Meduse ever learn to truly live in harmony?

The Binti Series
Book 1: Binti
Book 2: Binti: Home
Book 3: Binti: The Night Masquerade

Praise for Nnedi Okorafor:

"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!" - Wanuri Kahiu, award winning Kenyan film director of Pumzi and From a Whisper

"A perfect dove-tailing of tribal and futuristic, of sentient space ships and ancient cultural traditions, Binti was a beautiful story to read.” – Little Red Reviewer


Binti 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


Binti 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


"There's more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics." -Ursula K. Le Guin


"Okorafor's impressive inventiveness never flags." - Gary K. Wolfe on Lagoon

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

555 Reviews

3.5
““The three days passed, as time always does when you are alive, whether happy or tortured” (47, Launch). The second book in the Binti trilogy is a captivating continuation of Binti’s journey, blending themes of identity, belonging, and trauma. This story explores the aftermath of the events from the first book, where Binti is left grappling with the trauma of the massacre she survived. Her PTSD is portrayed with striking realism, particularly in Binti’s anger at herself for not being able to control her panic attacks. A significant theme in this book is the exploration of prejudice–both external and internal. In the first book, Binti faces ostracization and discrimination from those around her. In this sequel, she begins to uncover her own biases, which prevent her from fully embracing the truth about herself and others. Okorafor brilliantly illustrates how a person can simultaneously be a victim of discrimination while harboring their own prejudices. The duality adds rich layers to Binti’s character, showing that the journey of self-awareness is complex and multifaceted. Binti herself is a wonderfully contradictory character. Her resistance to the traditions of her tribe, coupled with her relentless curiosity, creates an interesting dynamic. Especially because for most of the novella, Binti wants to be a part of her tribe for the sense of belonging, but she aches for knowledge well past what her people can provide. Not to mention, most of the Himba see Binti as an outsider already. As a “harmonizer,” Binti is supposed to keep the peace, but this role becomes increasingly challenging as she wrestles with the intense anger brought on by her newly acquired Meduse DNA. This contradiction–between her identity as a peacemaker and the violent impulses she now experiences–is striking. The story becomes not just a coming-of-age tale but also an exploration of how conflicting aspects of one’s identity can coexist. “The details had long been blasted away by violence and death, and the angry, most likely incorrect, tales of heroism or cowardice depending on the teller” (59, At Home). [3 stars, read on Kindle from Libby] [#9 of 2024 New Reads]”
“I love everything Nnedi Okorafor writes but the Binti series is so gripping. I don’t think 3 books will be enough. I want to stay in this story for a long time.”

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