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Yetu holds the memories for her people\u2014water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners\u2014who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone, save one\u2014the historian. This demanding role has been bestowed on Yetu.<\/span><\/p>\n