The Deep

"Yetu is a historian – she holds the collective memories of her people, a peaceful undersea race called the wajinru. And she does it alone, because her people would be shattered if they knew the truth: They descend from pregnant slaves thrown overboard during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Rivers Solomon’s lyrical but uncompromising novella – inspired by a track from the experimental hip-hop group clipping. – builds a rich, gorgeous underwater world on the foundations of dry land’s horrors."