![]() ![]() The novel follows the story of Yetu, a member of the Wanjuri who has chosen to carry the burden of being a Historian. ![]() ![]() The Wanjuri swim along the sea in ignorant bliss without carrying the weight of memories of the suffering of their past ancestors. The mermaid-like clan has no long-term memory, instead choosing to live in the moment without the burden of the past. The novel focuses on the story of the water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African women who were thrown overboard from slave ships: the Wanjiru. Illustration design by Micah Epstein (2019) “The Deep” by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes is captivating and thought-provoking, in the story readers are introduced to an underwater world plagued with horrific historical events intertwined with mysticism. ![]()
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