The notebook bears the mark of obsession: The names Banel and Adama are recorded dozens of times across pages in delicate cursive. The scribe is Banel (Khady Mane), a mercurial and expressive young woman gripped by her love for Adama (Mamadou Diallo). She whispers their names to herself like a witch casting a spell: “Banel e Adama, Banel e Adama, Banel e Adama.” Their union, she tells people in their small northern Senegalese village, is the work of fate.
It’s indeed no secret that Banel loves Adama. In the opening scenes of Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s visually arresting but narratively oblique debut feature Banel & Adama, we see the couple digging out two houses buried under layers of sand. They are working toward a dream, laboring under the oppressive sun so that they might build a home and life outside of the village. Other flashes of the daily routine gesture at the depth of their affection,...
It’s indeed no secret that Banel loves Adama. In the opening scenes of Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s visually arresting but narratively oblique debut feature Banel & Adama, we see the couple digging out two houses buried under layers of sand. They are working toward a dream, laboring under the oppressive sun so that they might build a home and life outside of the village. Other flashes of the daily routine gesture at the depth of their affection,...
- 5/20/2023
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Spring has not yet sprung, but we’re getting ready for it. Between the new fiction coming from long-established speculative fiction masters to the debut books coming from some exciting new voices on the scene, there’s lots to look forward to if you are a love of science fiction and fantasy. In anticipation, we’ve compiled a list of the new books we’re most looking forward to in spring 2021…
Star Wars: The High Republic: Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule
Publisher: Del Rey
Out now
Two centuries before The Phantom Menace, The High Republic is Star Wars’ latest canon expansion, exploring a pre-Empire golden age. Comics writer Soule’s inaugural installment follows Jedi Avar Kriss and comrades as a hyperspace disaster illuminates a new threat. Follow-up novels and comics come from Daniel José Older, Justina Ireland, Cavan Scott, and Claudia Gray (Into the Dark is also out...
Star Wars: The High Republic: Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule
Publisher: Del Rey
Out now
Two centuries before The Phantom Menace, The High Republic is Star Wars’ latest canon expansion, exploring a pre-Empire golden age. Comics writer Soule’s inaugural installment follows Jedi Avar Kriss and comrades as a hyperspace disaster illuminates a new threat. Follow-up novels and comics come from Daniel José Older, Justina Ireland, Cavan Scott, and Claudia Gray (Into the Dark is also out...
- 2/20/2021
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Brenda Janowitz is the Popsugar books correspondent. She is the author of five novels, including The Dinner Party.
Polar vortex, we are so over you. Thank you, next. Let's warm up just thinking about the 28 best new books of Spring, books that will warm your soul and delight your spirits. From literary to commercial, memoirs to essay collections, historical to fiercely modern - whatever you like, we've got the perfect read for you! Take a look ahead to see the latest and greatest from authors Helen Oyeyemi, Candice Carty-Williams, Jojo Moyes, Helen Hoang, and more.
Polar vortex, we are so over you. Thank you, next. Let's warm up just thinking about the 28 best new books of Spring, books that will warm your soul and delight your spirits. From literary to commercial, memoirs to essay collections, historical to fiercely modern - whatever you like, we've got the perfect read for you! Take a look ahead to see the latest and greatest from authors Helen Oyeyemi, Candice Carty-Williams, Jojo Moyes, Helen Hoang, and more.
- 4/3/2019
- by Brenda Janowitz
- Popsugar.com
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