The Black Pages
Ratings17
Average rating3.7
By fate and fire, a being four millennia old is reborn in Mali in a short story of contemporary African life and ancient secrets by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of the Binti trilogy.
Issaka has returned home to Timbouctou and a devastating al-Qaeda raid. His only hope for survival is Faro, a stunning, blue-beaded supernatural entity who rises free from the flames of her imprisoning book as it burns. Compelled to follow Faro, Issaka is opening his eyes to their shared history and the ancestral wisdom of his own past.
Nnedi Okorafor’s The Black Pages is part of Black Stars, a multi-dimensional collection of speculative fiction from Black authors. Each story is a world much like our own. Read or listen to them in a single sitting.
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6 primary books#2 in Black Stars
Black Stars is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2021 with contributions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nnedi Okorafor, and Nisi Shawl.
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The ending was meh but otherwise it was an interesting story with characters I would have liked to spend more time with.
This is a powerful story, showing the difference between western world thinking and older cultures that see themselves as part of a greater people. Sometimes this is a beautiful and positive thing. Sometimes it is ugly and hateful. Often it is also struggling with imperfections. The greatest take away from Todd short story is that often times, I need to listen much more than I need to talk.
