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03-10-2018, 08:53 PM
Tomi Adeyemi: "'Children of Blood and Bone' is an allegory for the modern black experience"
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If you count the seconds as Tomi Adeyemi opens her gold package —*one (pause), two (pause), three (pause) — you'll notice that it takes her a full 30 seconds before she's able to speak.
As she rips at the sparkling paper, digging for the prize inside, Adeyemi whimpers and laughs and cries, but it takes a full half minute before she's able to muster words.
SEE ALSO: 'A Wrinkle in Time' is for all the girls who feel like they're too much for this world (https://mashable.com/2018/03/07/a-wrinkle-in-time-movie-review/)
When she's finally able to talk, Adeyemi's speech comes out as a stunned gasp.
"It's really beautiful," she says, sniffling. "And it's real."
In her hands, for the first time ever, is a book, HER book, Children of Blood and Bone. And it feels like magic. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/09/children-of-blood-and-bone-interview/)
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If you count the seconds as Tomi Adeyemi opens her gold package —*one (pause), two (pause), three (pause) — you'll notice that it takes her a full 30 seconds before she's able to speak.
As she rips at the sparkling paper, digging for the prize inside, Adeyemi whimpers and laughs and cries, but it takes a full half minute before she's able to muster words.
SEE ALSO: 'A Wrinkle in Time' is for all the girls who feel like they're too much for this world (https://mashable.com/2018/03/07/a-wrinkle-in-time-movie-review/)
When she's finally able to talk, Adeyemi's speech comes out as a stunned gasp.
"It's really beautiful," she says, sniffling. "And it's real."
In her hands, for the first time ever, is a book, HER book, Children of Blood and Bone. And it feels like magic. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/09/children-of-blood-and-bone-interview/)
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