Denise Crittendon delivers debut novel by DredieMann
'Where it Rains in Color' challenges universal beauty standards, and is inspired by the mythology of the Dogon tribe of Mali, West AfricaTHE FIRST book to be published through the Angry Robot Books, ‘Black Voices Matter’ programme,by Denise Crittendon, presents a ‘blue-black protagonist as a gorgeous, galactic role model.’
They succeed and the unthinkable happens — Lileala Walata Sundiata loses her ability to shimmer. Where her skin should glisten like diamonds mixed with coal, instead it dulls and forms scar tissue. And she starts to hear voices in her head. “She literally has the ability to shimmer. When she’s suddenly afflicted with a strange skin disease and haunted by phantom voices, she morphs into a telepathic healer who penetrates the minds and souls of her ancestors.
“Yet, their knowledge of the Sirius star system pre-date the research of western astronomers and baffles scientists to this day. Whenever they are asked how they acquired this knowledge, they always claim it came from beings from space.“For years, their claims have been referred to as Dogon mythology. Where it Rains in Color is speculative fiction that suggests maybe there’s more to that mythology than we think.
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