Summary

Chapter One of Part Six began with the narrator’s first days at an unnamed college, where she was studying media. The narrator said that college represented many new freedoms and friends for her. She entered into her first serious relationship with a boy named Rakim, who was politically radical and considered himself a Five Percenter, one of the five percent of the population blessed with an internal God. He tried to convince the narrator of various conspiracy theories and criticized her for not behaving womanly enough. The narrator grew increasingly unhappy with the relationship and eventually broke up with Rakim by writing him a letter. The narrator recalled seeing Rakim again at graduation.

Chapter Two returned to the narrator’s fifth visit to Africa, a trip she took alone to research for Aimee, who was losing interest in the charity...