In future Ghana, a young girl named Sankofa gains the ability to emit a lethal green light after an encounter with a fallen celestial object. Formerly known as Fatima, she becomes the adopted daughter of Death, wandering a landscape where high-tech drones and cybernetic enhancements coexist with traditional rural life. She travels alongside a Fox terrier named M-3, seeking a stolen wooden seed while inadvertently bringing ends to those she touches. Her path is marked by total solitude and the fear she inspires in every community she enters.
This novella suits readers of Africanfuturism who want to see how alien technology integrates into specific regional histories and social structures. It attracts those interested in the psychological burden of unintended power and the loss of childhood identity. Readers finish the book with a perspective on how trauma and isolation reshape a person’s humanity into something unrecognizable. It provides a look at how a society reacts when a child becomes an unstoppable natural force.
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
