![]() In this way, Yetu not only helps the reader to understand the wajinru as a diverse people, but her neuro-atypicality opens the door to large-scale changes in wajinru social structures. She is often anxious and agitated, overwhelmed by the expectations that the other wajinru have of her. While previous wajinru Historians were able to thrive - or at least survive - under the burden of the memories, Yetu is different. ![]() Solomon raises questions around the idea of communal versus individualistic social structures when they depict Yetu simultaneously acknowledging the value of her role as a keeper of memory - even memory that is so painful that it is literally transformative - and her real need for care and acknowledgement as an individual. ![]() The untenable nature of this system of remembrance is made explicit in the main character, Yetu (the current Historian), as she struggles to cope with the pain and horror of wajinru history. ![]()
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