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To the moon and back

From ‘Interstellar Afrotourism’ to a journey into the farthest reaches of the universe, here’s a reading list to stir your grey cells

A reading list to stir your grey cells
A reading list to stir your grey cells (A reading list to stir your grey cells)

BINTI by Nnedi Okorafor

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novella in 2015-16, Binti is the first major work of science fiction to feature a female African protagonist. Set in a future when intergalactic travel is a reality, this novel (the first of a trilogy) by Nigerian author Nnedi Okorafor traces the journey of a young woman named Binti who leaves home to study at a prestigious intergalactic university—the first of her race to do so. The book, which has been described as “Interstellar Afrofuturism", tells a sci-fi adventure story while subtly dismantling ideas of race and cultural identity.

ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY
by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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