![]() ![]() ![]() A wave pulls them all into the water, and some time later, they return with a fourth individual, an ambassador from the aliens who has taken human form. ![]() For reasons that don't become clear until later, three people, strangers to each other, a marine biologist named Adaora, a popular Ghanaian rapper named Anthony, and a soldier named Agu, are attracted to the beach. Immediately, their technology, which is advanced to the point of near-magic, begins to wreak changes on the local marine life. Here, when aliens come to set up a new home on Earth, they don't pick New York, London, or Tokyo, but land their ship in the ocean near Lagos, Nigeria, flooding the coast. Lagoon, her most recent work, shows her strengthening her skills as a writer and storyteller. I enjoyed 2010's post-apocalypse coming-of-age, Who Fears Death, though I found the plot a little disjointed. There aren't a lot of sci-fi/fantasy writers who use Africa as a primary setting, but Nnedi Okorafor is a noteworthy voice in this small subgenre. ![]()
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