This illustration shows three characters from a new novel I’ve been working on called “Women of the Plains”, which is set in prehistoric Africa around 100,000 years ago. The woman in the center is a specimen of early Homo sapiens named Oja, the story’s protagonist, whereas the ones behind her are her friends Uru (left) and Namak (right). As of the current draft, it’s a tale of intercultural interaction and conflict in which these nomadic hunter-gatherers encounter another culture of people who have settled in permanent villages alongside rivers.
Once I get the book done, it would be cool if I could incorporate this illustration into the novel’s front cover!