'Okorafor's impressive inventiveness never flags.' - Gary K. 'There's more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics.' - Ursula Le Guin Unforgettable!'-Wanuri Kahiu, award winning Kenyan film director of Pumzi and From a Whisper '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. Hines, author of Blood of Heroes and the Goblin Quest trilogy 'Nnedi Okorafor's imagination and worldbuilding are unparalleled, as are the heartfelt emotional struggles she creates.' -Jim C. ' opens up Binti's tale in astonishing ways, while provocatively exploring questions of identity and kinship.' - The Chicago Tribune 'Okorafor's writing is even more beautiful than I remember it being in Binti, evocative and sharply elegant in its economy.' -NPR 'Okorafor’s writing is wonderful, and the details of her world-building - including Binti’s rich culture of origin, living spaceships, and maths that reads almost like music - are complex and fascinating' -Veronica Roth Upon being notified of her acceptance, Binti runs away from home and boards a transport ship to Oomza Uni. 'The prose is vivid and unadorned, the pacing strong, and the novella as a whole, deeply compelling. A young woman named Binti is the first member of the Himba people from Earth to be accepted into the prestigious intergalactic university Oomza Uni. Prepare to fall in love with Binti.' -Neil Gaiman, New York Times bestselling author of American Gods

Her worlds open your mind to new things, always rooted in the red clay of reality. 'Nnedi Okorafor writes glorious futures and fabulous fantasies.

Binti the night masquerade