Motherless Child

By: Randy Corman

Narrated by: Melissa Dionne, Nestor Arzu, Alanna Brown, Craig Lines

In the United States of Zulu, a re-imagined America where black power dominates and whiteness is scorned, Boris Dabo is a white man born into a family that thrives through mimicry and performance. His parents—Victor and Nyima Dabo—have built elite political lives by imitating blackness with precision and ambition. But Boris rejects their charade. At 23, he is angry, directionless, and desperate to find a purpose that feels real.

That purpose arrives in the form of Senator Buba Ceesay, who recruits Boris for a covert operation: infiltrate a rising white supremacist drug empire known as the Mandingo Mafia. Seen as the perfect insider-outsider, Boris is tasked with moving between racial worlds that would otherwise destroy him. He adopts the persona of a criminal and dives into the underworld—where he finds unexpected loyalty, danger, and an intoxicating culture of rage music.

After a violent confrontation, Boris is forced to flee to Switzerland, where, for the first time, he begins to confront who he really is. There, he meets Nicole Burnett, a white USZ expatriate writing a book that traces her lineage back to the dawn of the African uprising that reshaped global power. Nicole’s brilliance, wit, and warmth help Boris reconnect with his own forgotten past. And it is here where the story takes the first of many razor sharp turns.

Motherless Child is a layered, genre-defying alternate history that uses reversal not for shock, but for clarity. It reframes race and power through immersive world-building, deep character work, and emotionally resonant turns. Rather than delivering a singular message, it holds up a mirror—inviting listeners to view America from the outside in, and consider the uncomfortable questions that reflection demands.

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