Tomi Adeyemi: "'Children of Blood and Bone' is an allegory for the modern black experience" 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.