Math and magic: Nnedi Okorafor’s<i>Binti</i>trilogy and its challenge to the dominance of Western science in science fiction

Burger, Bettina

doi:10.1080/15295036.2020.1820540

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“…28 Hair has great cultural significance and is an important motif in Okorafor's work, and this new assemblage fundamentally changes her while erasing some of the outward signs of her family history and traditions. 29 Okwu, too, is marked by his contact with Binti. When the Meduse first attack the spaceship one of its tentacles shrivels up after coming into contact with Binti's edan.…”

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