Description: Amana and Skelele, evolved sea beings with Taino and African ancestry, and their naniki animal avatars, begin an archipelagic journey to see the future. Distracted by love, they must search for mythological, historical and ontological purpose when faced with a disastrous monstrosity.
Review Quotes: Time-bending, world-bending, heart-bending, Naniki is truly luminous ... a lyrical spiritual Afro-Indigenous epic set in a climate ravaged Caribbean. Kempadoo has outdone herself: this is what happens when a book becomes a spell.-- "Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"