Zong!
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A haunting lifeline between archive and memory, law and poetryIn November, 1781, the captain of the slave ship Zong ordered that some 150 Africans be murdered by drowning so that the ship's owners... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0995716242
ISBN13:9780995716247
Release Date:January 1
Publisher:Silver Press
Related Subjects
Colonialism Feminism Memory Power Dynamics Slavery Social Justice Violence Resistance Africa AfricanCustomer Reviews
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One of the most important poetry books I've ever read
Published by J. C. , 7 months ago
Zong! is a heavy-hitter. It fights for "the untold story that tells itself by not telling." M. NourbeSe Philip is brilliant, and I cannot express my awe of her work enough. This is a masterpiece of erasure poetry, and it's a must-read for any reader or writer concerned with erasure, ancestors lost to empire-building and the crime of slavery, and the soul. My life is divided into the time before I read Zong! and the time after I read Zong!
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