She subsequently discovers that a piece of ancient technology she had brought with her from Earth, referred to as her edan, enables direct communication with the Meduse, and that her otjize, a type of mixed clay made from the soil of her homeland, has healing properties when applied to the tentacles of the Meduse. After the Meduse murder all other inhabitants of the ship, Binti retreats into her private living quarters. While in transit, the ship is hijacked by the Meduse, a jellyfish-like alien species that was previously at war with the Khoush, another human ethnic group.
Upon being notified of her acceptance, Binti runs away from home and boards a transport ship to Oomza Uni. Plot Ī young woman named Binti is the first member of the Himba people from Earth to be accepted into the prestigious intergalactic university Oomza Uni. A television adaptation is reportedly under development at Hulu. īinti won multiple prominent literary awards, including the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the 2016 Nebula Award for the same category. Binti is the first novella in Okorafor's Binti novella series. The novella was published in 2015 by Tor.com.
Binti is an Africanfuturist science fiction horror novella written by Nnedi Okorafor.
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