![]() ![]() Only the Historian knows how the wajinru came to be and they recall it in the form of the searing, first-hand experiences of the Historians who came before them. Yetu is the Historian, selected by the wajinru to hold their memories. Solomon’s prose is immersive, evoking the pressure of ocean depths and the movement of underwater currents the narrative is full of swirls and eddies that reflect its environment and the emotional turmoil of our protagonist, Yetu. ![]() The fish-tailed wajinru are true children of the sea summoners of storms and killers of sharks – and men, on occasion. ![]() Rescued by whales, the babies thrived beneath the waves, adapting to their new environment in ways the murderous slavers could never have imagined. I think it takes courage to join any shared world project and even more to re-imagine one so acclaimed (perhaps that’s just me – I’d be so worried about unrecognised sacred cows), but if Solomon had any nerves about this they aren’t evident from the uncompromising result.Įnter the world of the wajinru, born of the drowning wombs of pregnant women thrown overboard en route to America. ![]() The Deep is a beguiling novella by Rivers Solomon, who was invited to bring to narrative life a world first conceived by Drexciya in the late 90s and first expressed in words in clipping’s Hugo award-nominated song of the same name. Only one bears the burden of the truth – and Yetu is crumbling under her terrible responsibility… ![]()
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