Binti has begun having flashes of intense rage that interrupt her mathematical meditations. Binti has become close friends with Okwu and is able to feel his emotions from the opposite side of campus. Although she has a few friends, she feels alienated by the other students. Binti has settled into her life at Oomza. The second book in the series, Binti: Home, paints a picture of Oomza University. The short story included in the omnibus publication, “Binti: Sacred Fire,” elaborates on Binti's experiences when at Oomza, as a precursor to Binti: Home. Binti realizes that her hair has become a mass of tentacles. The stinger is returned to the chief of the Meduse, and Okwu joins Binti at the school as a student. Upon their arrival at the university, Binti brokers peace between the Khoush and the Meduse. When a Meduse stings Binti, she can now communicate with them without her edan.
Binti is taken to the chief of the Meduse, and the chief reveals that Khoush scholars stole its stinger and exhibited it at the Oomza museum without consent. Binti manages to convince a young Meduse named Okwu that she would be able to broker a truce between the Khoush scholars at Oomza and the Meduse. Binti realizes that her otjize, mixed clay that women of her people apply to their body and hair, can heal the Meduse. The edan also protects her from their attacks. The Meduse kill everyone on board the ship except for Binti and the pilot.īinti discovers that her edan, an ancient artifact she discovered when she was a child, allows her to communicate with the Meduse. The Meduse and the Khoush have been at war for years. The Meduse are a jellyfish-like alien race that is known for their aggression and warmongering tendencies. Then, the Meduse attack the living ship, known as Third Fish, while in transit to Oomza.
Despite the prejudice she faces from another ethnic group known as the Khoush while onboard the ship, Binti finds kinship amongst many academics and scholars. When Binti discovers that the university has accepted her, she runs away from home and boards a ship headed for Oomza without alerting her friends or family. Binti is thus the first of her people to attend the renowned Oomza University, an intergalactic academic institution. The Himba are a traditional group and rarely stray from home. Binti is a young woman of an ethnic group on Earth named the Himba. Binti, the first novella, introduces the readers to the protagonist of the series.
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