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Two girls who might have been a few years older than me, covered their mouths with hands so pale that they looked untouched by the sun. Everyone looked as if the sun was his or her enemy. I was the only Himba on the shuttle.
<Binti>(Okorafor, Nnedi) Highlight on page 11 | Location 44-46 2020-07-15 01:08:07
I was wearing a long red skirt, one that was silky like water, a light orange wind-top that was stiff and durable, thin leather sandals, and my anklets. No one around me wore such an outfit. All I saw were light flowing garments and veils; not one woman’s ankles were exposed, let alone jingling with steel anklets.
<Binti>(Okorafor, Nnedi) Highlight on page 12 | Location 56-59 2020-07-15 01:09:54
We Himba don’t travel. We stay put. Our ancestral land is life; move away from it and you diminish. We even cover our bodies with it. Otjize is red land. Here in the launch port, most were Khoush and a few other non-Himba. Here, I was an outsider; I was outside.
<Binti>(Okorafor, Nnedi) Highlight on page 12 | Location 59-61 2020-07-15 01:09:44
I wanted to ask the officer if he did this for everyone, but I was afraid now that he’d done it. They could do anything to me, at this point. Best not to make trouble.
<Binti>(Okorafor, Nnedi) Highlight on page 14 | Location 71-73 2020-07-15 01:11:02
My father didn’t believe in war. He said war was evil, but if it came he would revel in it like sand in a storm.
<Binti>(Okorafor, Nnedi) Highlight on page 16 | Location 97-98 2020-07-15 01:12:47
Government security guards were only educated up to age ten, yet because of their jobs, they were used to ordering people around. And they especially looked down on people like me.
<Binti>(Okorafor, Nnedi) Highlight on page 19 | Location 124-125 2020-07-15 01:14:44
My tribe is obsessed with innovation and technology, but it is small, private, and, as I said, we don’t like to leave Earth. We prefer to explore the universe by traveling inward, as opposed to outward. No Himba has ever gone to Oomza Uni. So me being the only one on the ship was not that surprising. However, just because something isn’t surprising doesn’t mean it’s easy to deal with.
<Binti>(Okorafor, Nnedi) Highlight on page 21 | Location 146-149 2020-07-15 01:16:37