“Ogbanje” is a rebirthed spirit, born to the As a child ofĪla, Ada embodies these traits. The book title, Freshwater, refers to Ala, the source of streams. Is a feminine earth deity, sacred python, and source of streams. Harnesses Igbo mythology within the cryptic setting of the book (p. Undergoes a hysterectomy and bilateral salpingectomy they remove their uterusĪnd fallopian tubes because they do not identify as a woman. To appear more non-binary, not exclusively masculine or feminine. Emezi and Ada undergo breast reduction surgery Similar physical and social attributes: dark hair and skin tone, tattoos, and LikeĮmezi, Ada is also a person of Igbo and Tamil descent, an ogbanje, and shares Progresses, Emezi’s life aligns with their protagonist’s experiences. Spirit of dead child rebirthed into the same family repeatedly: “spirit and They identify as a non-binary transgender and ogbanje-a Magazine’s The Cut, and their website biography, the author is an Igbo and
To Emezi’s intimate essay in the New York Native tongue, a language I do not understand-and mythology. Amongst other potential books, other possibleĪdventures, I chose this book to read because it embraces the Igbo language-my Spirits called ogbanje, and characteristics of dissociative identityĭisorder-challenges me. 5).Īs a reader, I gravitate towards fiction.Īutofiction-an autobiography surrounded by mythological context, rebirthed Instantly, the first chapter of Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi introduces a peculiar, dissociative predicament, “By the time she (our body) struggled out into the world, slick and louder than a village of storms, the gates were left open…We were not conscious but we were alive-in fact, the main problem was that we were a distinct we instead of being fully and just her” (p.
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