Serpell begins with the colonial explorer Dr. "To err is human, that's your doom and delight," they tell us, and prove it, showing Zambia as a confected nation, an error of colonialism and history. We've been around here as long as you have - for eons before, say the fossils."Ī mosquito chorus drifts through this ambitious multigenerational epic set in Zambia, providing the long view of human history from a species that knows us down to our skin and blood. But while you all rule the earth and destroy it for kicks, we linger and loaf, unsung heroes. " warn the chorus of Namwali Serpell's lush speculative novel The Old Drift.Ĭan you guess who they are? "We're perfectly matched.
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