Last Call Release: Lagoon Part I
In this week's Last Call episode we begin a reading series on Nnedi Okorafor's sci-fi, fantasy novel Lagoon (2014). Even though we only look at the first few pages of the book, we explore a series of interesting themes that Nnedi introduces, ultimately focusing on the morally vexed relationship between oppressors and oppressed. How can the oppressed at once claim that their oppressors are morally wrong while also acknowledging that the very struggle against one's oppressor must finally be affirmed as "beautiful"? Would such an affirmation subtly imply that oppressors can be let off the hook (i.e. because they play a role in creating something "beautiful")? We think the prologue to Lagoon offers some illuminating ways to think about that question.
