5/13/2023 0 Comments Casanegra novel![]() ![]() In Great Sky Woman, daringly epic in scope, Publishers Weekly, Steven Barnes’s Great Sky Woman unveiled the world of a prehistoric people in the shadow of modern day Mount Kilimanjaro. Now, in the face of an enemy beyond anything spoken of even in legend, they must ask their god face to face: Do we remain or do we depart? For as long as there have been mountain, sky, and savannah, there has been a home for the Ibandi. Through the years, and on their separate paths, T Cori s and Frog s fates entwine as an inevitable disaster approaches from the south from the very god they worship. Though they live in different encampments, Frog and T Cori are linked through the mysterious medicine woman known as Stillshadow, who has sensed in them a destiny apart from others. T Cori, an abandoned girl, and Frog Hopping, a boy possessing a gift that is also a curse, are two of the Ibandi s chosen ones. Thirty thousand years ago, in the heart of the African continent and in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, lived the Ibandi, who for generations nurtured their ancient traditions, and met survival s daily struggle with quiet faith in their gods. The epic story of how primitive humans, without words or machines, set in motion civilization’s long, winding journey to the present. ![]()
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