Nnedi Okorafor's Binti is the winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novella!

Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs.

Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has become the stuff of nightmares. Oomza University has wronged the Meduse, and Binti's stellar travel will bring her within their deadly reach.

If Binti hopes to survive the legacy of a war not of her making, she will need both the gifts of her people and the wisdom enshrined within the University, itself — but first she has to make it there, alive.

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

PRAISE FOR BINTI

"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 Punzi and From a Whisper

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96 pages

Average rating: 7.4

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Ashku7
Nov 30, 2024
10/10 stars
4.5 Stars
This was so good y'all!!!
The Meduse are actually my favorite part of this, and I really think that this could have done well as a full novel, too.

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I wasn't a fan of Akata Witch, which sucked because I've heard such great things about Okorafor.
Hoping I like Binti because I've heard such great things about this too, AND it fits into my month of novellas!
Anonymous
Jul 26, 2024
10/10 stars
4.5 rounded up. This short books packs a punch! I loved the story and the writing.

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