![]() Those are the genres I love and devour, so I decided to create what I’d like to see more of in these books I love to read and movies I love to watch. Yasmin Angoe: I always enjoy writing about women, and for years I never saw women who look like me or were from my family’s country as the lead protagonist in the thriller and action genre. Where did the idea for Her Name is Knight come from? What was the first spark? She was taken from her home in Ghana as a teenager and is looking to gain back the power that was taken from her.Ĭulturess had a chance to talk with Angoe about Her Name is Knight, how she created Nena Knight, the difficulty of writing a dual timeline, how she balanced the darker moments in the book, and what’s up next for her as an author. We also get a look into Nena’s childhood to learn more about her present motivations. Nena’s story follows a dual timeline that begins in the present where she’s a trained assassin who is looking for more than just her next kill. ![]() They also happen to be her adoptive family. ![]() She works for The Tribe, a secret international organization whose mission is to protect the people and countries of Africa. ![]() Yasmin Angoe’s debut novel Her Name is Knight follows Nena Knight, an assassin who goes by the codename Echo. ![]()
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