Binti: Home

I thought it would be difficult for Okorafor to top Binti, but this felt like an even more beautiful, more complete story that the last. In it, Binti returns to Earth with her alien friend Okwu, after having ended the war between their two species. This is ultimately a coming-of-age story; Binti is in many ways the archetypal university student returning home and trying to balance her new understanding of the world with the values she was raised in. The sci-fi elements of the story put an interesting twist on the story, and Okorafor stylistic excellence make it a refreshing and pleasant story.