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2 days ago · Namina Forna (@namina.forna). 27 Replies. 626 Likes. I became an author because She Who Shall Not Be Named made me realize it was a real job that people with no connections or money could aspire to, and I looked to Neil Gaiman as an example of what could be possible as I built my career. Now this. To say I’m devastated is an understatement. Both authors built worlds that I, a traumatized ...
Jun 14, 2024 · In this conversation Namina speaks with Ellah about her journey becoming a young adult author and screenwriter, and publishing her first ...
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Jun 14, 2024 · Namina Forna (@namina.forna). 105 Replies. 81 Likes. Today I learned a new word. Shibboleth, which means a custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people,...
Jun 11, 2024 · Namina Forna is a young adult novelist and the author of the New York Times bestselling fantasy YA series The Gilded Ones. Originally from Sierra Leone, West Africa, she moved to the US when she was nine and has been traveling back and forth ever since.
6 days ago · Since the debut of her first novel, a wave of YA fantasy novels featuring Black protagonists, such as The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna, Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen, and Blood at the Root by ...
Jun 15, 2024 · Namina Forna (@namina.forna). 10 Replies. 70 Likes. Went to the National Gallery of Art for the first time and… most of the masters and the works highlighted in the gallery are white and then all the...
Jun 12, 2024 · The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna. Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs.
