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The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna6/6/2023 ![]() She stated in an interview that she first got the idea when she had a recurring dream of a girl in a golden armor walking in a field while she was still an undergraduate at Spelman College before writing the novel years later using elements of West African mythology and Sierra Leonean culture. ![]() She later found that western literature lacked African characters and black female heroes, and she was driven to change this. She also heard stories about African civilization such as the Walls of Benin and Great Zimbabwe told to her by her grandmother and father to distract her from the Sierra Leone civil war. Development įorna stated that as a child she heard stories about strong women, such as Mami Wata, the goddess of water, and the Dahomey Amazons. Forna's debut novel was published on February 9, 2021, and quickly entered the New York Times Best Seller list and Indie Bestseller lists. ![]() ![]() The Gilded Ones is a 2021 young adult fantasy novel by Sierra Leonean American writer Namina Forna. ![]()
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