Breaking the maafa chain / Anni Domingo.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Jacaranda, 2022Description: 472 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text ISBN: 9781913090784 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Bonetta, Sarah Forbes, 1843?-1880 -- Fiction | Slave trade -- Fiction. -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Historical. | Historical fiction | Slavery & abolition of slavery | Sociology: family & relationships | English | European history | Dating, relationships, living together & marriage: advice | United Kingdom, Great Britain | Victorian BritainDDC classification: 823.92 Summary: 'Breaking the Maafa Chain' chronicles two sisters' struggle for true freedom in the mid-nineteenth century, when transporting slaves from Africa to America was an illegal but lucrative business. Breaking the Maafa Chain chronicles two sisters' struggle for true freedom in the mid-nineteenth century, when transporting slaves from Africa to America was an illegal but lucrative businessNineteenth century-Two sisters, Fatmata and Salimatu, are captured and sold separately into slavery. Forced to change their names to Faith and Sarah, they end up in two different countries with opposite slavery laws. Faith ends up in America, where slavery is still legal and slaves don't have any rights. Sarah ends up in a Victorian England and as the goddaughter of Queen Victoria. Can the two sisters reclaim their freedom and identity in a world that is trying to break them down and mold them to its coloniser's will?Based on the true story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Breaking the Maafa Chain will takes the readers on a journey of loss, survival, hope, identity and traditionItem type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Book | Paul Hamlyn Library | Paul Hamlyn Library | Floor 3 | 823.92 DOM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0688900X |
'Breaking the Maafa Chain' chronicles two sisters' struggle for true freedom in the mid-nineteenth century, when transporting slaves from Africa to America was an illegal but lucrative business. Breaking the Maafa Chain chronicles two sisters' struggle for true freedom in the mid-nineteenth century, when transporting slaves from Africa to America was an illegal but lucrative businessNineteenth century-Two sisters, Fatmata and Salimatu, are captured and sold separately into slavery. Forced to change their names to Faith and Sarah, they end up in two different countries with opposite slavery laws. Faith ends up in America, where slavery is still legal and slaves don't have any rights. Sarah ends up in a Victorian England and as the goddaughter of Queen Victoria. Can the two sisters reclaim their freedom and identity in a world that is trying to break them down and mold them to its coloniser's will?Based on the true story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Breaking the Maafa Chain will takes the readers on a journey of loss, survival, hope, identity and tradition
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