![]() ![]() ![]() The multilayered work is dynamic and heart-wrenching as culture, grief, and desire are encompassed in the novel. Solomon delves into Yetu’s characterization through her exploration of identity and self while also discussing the devastations of slavery through fiction. ![]() It is the job of the Historian, to carry the community’s memories along with the echoes of emotional trauma from such events. The novel follows the story of Yetu, a member of the Wanjuri who has chosen to carry the burden of being a Historian. The Wanjuri swim along the sea in ignorant bliss without carrying the weight of memories of the suffering of their past ancestors. The mermaid-like clan has no long-term memory, instead choosing to live in the moment without the burden of the past. The novel focuses on the story of the water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African women who were thrown overboard from slave ships: the Wanjiru. Illustration design by Micah Epstein (2019) “The Deep” by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes is captivating and thought-provoking, in the story readers are introduced to an underwater world plagued with horrific historical events intertwined with mysticism. ![]()
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