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I really really really wish I had liked this more. Instead I found myself bored throughout the book. If the author, Maryse Conde had actually I think been able to make me feel like she had a good sense of who Tituba was I would have enjoyed this more. Conde decides to have Tituba tell her mother's s...
This was a very useful and relevant read. The message it conveys should provide the US with some insight as to why its policies in the Middle East may be backfiring while reminding nationalists that independence is merely the first step to building a nation, not the end goal. The discussion on natio...
It is a rite of passage for many, if not all, American students to read Miller’s The Crucible. That pretty much is the coverage of the Salem Witch Trials, but not McCarthyism. Conde’s book is the story of Tituba, who many see as the starting point of the Salem crisis. Conde’s plot ...
A Marxist analysis on colonialism & its effect as well as decolonization process & pitfalls to avoid. I'm not sure if it is influenced by Maoism to some extend. IMHO some things are easier said than done, as half a century after the publication of this book the FLN & most other third-world socialist...
Really enjoyed reading this for my Women of Color Lit class.
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