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self-image-projection
The ability of sensitives to project a mental self-image into the xenosphere, which may or may not accurately reflect their true selves.
1 chapter across 1 book
Rosewater (2016)Tade Thompson
Preamble
The chapter introduces Kaaro, a contractor working at the Integrity Bank in Rosewater in 2066, who defends customers' personal data from psychic intrusions in a technologically advanced Nigerian city. The narrative explores Kaaro's interactions with colleagues, his internal anxieties about an upcoming wedding and exam, and his ambivalence toward social invitations and the pervasive influence of implants and the xenosphere. The chapter also establishes the socio-cultural and technological setting, blending futuristic elements with local Nigerian context.