West African Narratives Of Slavery
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West African Narratives Of Slavery
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Author : Sandra E. Greene
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2011-02-16
West African Narratives Of Slavery written by Sandra E. Greene and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-16 with History categories.
Slavery in Africa existed for hundreds of years before it was abolished in the late 19th century. Yet, we know little about how enslaved individuals, especially those who never left Africa, talked about their experiences. Collecting never before published or translated narratives of Africans from southeastern Ghana, Sandra E. Greene explores how these writings reveal the thoughts, emotions, and memories of those who experienced slavery and the slave trade. Greene considers how local norms and the circumstances behind the recording of the narratives influenced their content and impact. This unprecedented study affords unique insights into how ordinary West Africans understood and talked about their lives during a time of change and upheaval.
Slave Owners Of West Africa
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Author : Sandra E. Greene
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2017-05-22
Slave Owners Of West Africa written by Sandra E. Greene and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-22 with History categories.
In this groundbreaking book, Sandra E. Greene explores the lives of three prominent West African slave owners during the age of abolition. These first-published biographies reveal personal and political accomplishments and concerns, economic interests, religious beliefs, and responses to colonial rule in an attempt to understand why the subjects reacted to the demise of slavery as they did. Greene emphasizes the notion that the decisions made by these individuals were deeply influenced by their personalities, desires to protect their economic and social status, and their insecurities and sympathies for wives, friends, and other associates. Knowing why these individuals and so many others in West Africa made the decisions they did, Greene contends, is critical to understanding how and why the institution of indigenous slavery continues to influence social relations in West Africa to this day.
Africa Remembered
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Author : Philip D. Curtin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Africa Remembered written by Philip D. Curtin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Africa, West categories.
Africa Remembered Narratives By West Africans From The Era Of The Slave Trade
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Author : Philip De Armond Curtin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date :
Africa Remembered Narratives By West Africans From The Era Of The Slave Trade written by Philip De Armond Curtin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Africa, West categories.
African Voices On Slavery And The Slave Trade Volume 1 The Sources
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Author : Alice Bellagamba
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-05-13
African Voices On Slavery And The Slave Trade Volume 1 The Sources written by Alice Bellagamba and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-13 with History categories.
This book uses primary sources to capture the ways Africans experienced and were influenced by the slave trade.
Spectres From The Past
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Author : Portia Owusu
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-11-22
Spectres From The Past written by Portia Owusu and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
Spectres from the Past: The "History" of Slavery in West African and African-American Narratives examines the merit of the claim that West African writers, in comparison to African-Americans authors, deliberately expunge the history of slavery from literary narratives. The book explores slavery in contemporary West African and African-American literature by looking at the politics of history and memory. It interrogates notions of History and memory by considering the possibility that shared traumas, such as West African and African-American experiences of slavery, can be remembered and historicised differently, according to critical factors such as socio-economic realities, cultural beliefs and familial traditions. At the heart of the book are compelling and new readings of slavery in six literary narratives that draws on cultural philosophies, musicology and linguistics to demonstrate diverse and unusual ways that Black writers in West Africa and North America write about slavery in literature.
The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano
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Author : Olaudah Equiano
language : en
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
Release Date : 2021-01-26
The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano written by Olaudah Equiano and has been published by Graphic Arts Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A first-person narrative of Olaudah Equiano’s journey from his native Africa to the New World, that follows his capture, introduction to Christianity and eventual release. His story is an eye-opening depiction of personal resilience in the face of structural oppression. Olaudah Equiano’s origins are rooted in West Africa’s Eboe district, which is modern-day Nigeria. He details the shocking events that led up to his kidnapping and subsequent trade into slavery. His journey starts at 11 years old, forcing him to come of age in a society that abuses him at every turn. During his plight, he attempts to find new ways to survive, educating himself and eventually formulating a plan to obtain his freedom. In The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, the author illustrates the harsh realities of slavery. Upon its release, the book was well-received and translated into multiple languages including German and Dutch. It set the precedent for many first-person narratives that would highlight their own unfathomable experiences. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is both modern and readable.
Survivors Of Slavery
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Author : Laura T. Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-25
Survivors Of Slavery written by Laura T. Murphy and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-25 with Social Science categories.
Slavery is not a crime confined to the far reaches of history. It is an injustice that continues to entrap twenty-seven million people across the globe. Laura Murphy offers close to forty survivor narratives from Cambodia, Ghana, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mexico, Russia, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United States, detailing the horrors of a system that forces people to work without pay and against their will, under the threat of violence, with little or no means of escape. Representing a variety of circumstances in diverse contexts, these survivors are the Frederick Douglasses, Sojourner Truths, and Olaudah Equianos of our time, testifying to the widespread existence of a human rights tragedy and the urgent need to address it. Through storytelling and firsthand testimony, this anthology shapes a twenty-first-century narrative that many believe died with the end of slavery in the Americas. Organized around such issues as the need for work, the punishment of defiance, and the move toward activism, the collection isolates the causes, mechanisms, and responses to slavery that allow the phenomenon to endure. Enhancing scholarship in women's studies, sociology, criminology, law, social work, and literary studies, the text establishes a common trajectory of vulnerability, enslavement, captivity, escape, and recovery, creating an invaluable resource for activists, scholars, legislators, and service providers.
Antebellum Slave Narratives
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Author : Jermaine O. Archer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-01-13
Antebellum Slave Narratives written by Jermaine O. Archer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-13 with History categories.
Though America experienced an increase in a native-born population and an emerging African-American identity throughout the nineteenth century, African culture did not necessarily dissipate with each passing decade. Archer examines the slave narratives of four key members of the abolitionist movement—Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, Harriet Tubman and Harriet Jacobs—revealing how these highly visible proponents of the antislavery cause were able to creatively engage and at times overcome the cultural biases of their listening and reading audiences. When engaged in public sphere discourses, these individuals were not, as some scholars have suggested, inclined to accept unconditionally stereotypical constructions of their own identities. Rather they were quite skillful in negotiating between their affinity with antislavery Christianity and their own intimate involvement with slave circle dance and improvisational song, burial rites, conjuration, divination, folk medicinal practices, African dialects and African inspired festivals. The authors emerge as more complex figures than scholars have imagined. Their political views, though sometimes moderate, often reflected a strong desire to strike a fierce blow at the core of the slavocracy.
Africa Remembered
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Author : Philip D. Curtin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Africa Remembered written by Philip D. Curtin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with categories.