Binti

Binti: The Complete Trilogy is a series of science fiction novellas written by Nnedi Okorafor, author of the Akata Witch series. First published in 2015, Binti has won multiple prestigious literary awards, including the 2016 Hugo Award, the 2015 Nebula Award, and the 2016 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella. The 2019 omnibus publication includes the three novellas Binti, Binti: Home, and Binti: The Night Masquerade, as well as the bonus inclusion of the debut short story “Binti: Sacred Fire.” The novel also contains elements of dystopian fiction.

Other works by this author include Akata Witch, Akata Warrior, and Who Fears Death.

Binti, the first novella, introduces the readers to the protagonist of the series. Binti is a young woman of an ethnic group on Earth named the Himba. The Himba are a traditional group and rarely stray from home. Binti is thus the first of her people to attend the renowned Oomza University, an intergalactic academic institution. When Binti discovers that the university has accepted her, she runs away from home and boards a ship headed for Oomza without alerting her friends or family.