![]() ![]() ![]() Across these three acts, the novel's primary plot revolves around the alien ambassador, Ayodele, and her interactions with three human protagonists: Adaora, a marine biologist Agu, a Nigerian soldier and Anthony, a Ghanaian hip-hop artist. narrative across three acts: "Welcome" (in which the aliens make contact with the people of Lagos), "Awakening" (an explosion of violence across the city after contact is made), and "Symbiosis" (a period of utopian transformation, in which the aliens and humans come together to form a new postcapitalist Nigeria). It has drawn much scholarly attention since its publication, some of which was written before Okorafor's important clarification that her work is "Africanfuturist" rather than "Afrofuturist." In 2014 it was chosen as an honor list title for the James Tiptree Jr. Lagoon is an Africanfuturist novel by Nnedi Okorafor (2014, Hodder & Stoughton 2015, Saga Press/Simon & Schuster). ![]()
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