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The rare book that lived up to the hype.
Ambitious portraits of two families with parallel paths in America and Africa spanning the centuries. Each character and place in history tackles a thematic question that cuts to the core of the traumas of colonialism and slave trade, including the thornier issues like complicity of tribes participating in enslaving local enemies to stake a claim to relative power. Switching contexts and characters chapter by chapter, the book sometimes feels too short to allow these people to breathe and give d
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Intricate and well done. Each character’s story is wonderful on its own.
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