She wouldn't let herself disappear.
-- Narrator (chapter 1)

Importance: At the start of the novel, Yetu is overcome by emotion after awakening from a remembering and narrowly escaping a shark attack. In this scene, Yetu desperately tries to reconnect her body with her mind, as her bouts of remembering always cause a division between the two. The narrator explains that such internal divisions threaten Yetu's sense of grounding and stability. She often feels as if she will be lost to or die from the remembering. Yet in this line, the third person limited narrator's voice becomes more assertive, insisting that Yetu will not allow this to happen. The moment conveys Yetu's desperation to remain in touch with her true self. Though she is suffering from the weight of the History, she is also determined to survive.

Her people's survival was reliant upon her suffering.
-- Narrator (chapter 2)

Importance: As the wajinru historian, Yetu understands the importance of her...