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31 de jul. de 2008 · Blonde Roots is a historical fiction book that imagines a world where Africans enslave Europeans. It follows the story of Doris, an Englishwoman who is taken to the New World and tries to escape from slavery.
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Blonde Roots is a prose novel written by British-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo. Published by Penguin UK in 2009 and Penguin USA in 2010, [1] this satirical novel reverts notions of transatlantic slavery, placing Africans as masters of European slaves.
About Blonde Roots. A provocative and “dizzying satire” (The New Yorker) that “boldly turns history on its head” (Elle) from the Man Booker Prize winning author of Girl, Woman, Other. What if the history of the transatlantic slave trade had been reversed and Africans had enslaved Europeans?
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Blonde Roots is a prose novel that imagines a world where Africans enslave Europeans. The novel follows a white woman who tries to escape slavery in Great Ambossa, a fictional African kingdom.
30 de abr. de 2009 · Blonde Roots is the tale of Doris, an intelligent young woman who is enslaved to Chief Kaga Konata Katamba I, a powerful absentee sugar baron and former slave trader. From the title alone, it's clear that this novel is playing with our perceptions.
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- Bernardine Evaristo
Blonde Roots brings the shackles and cries of long-ago barbarity uncomfortably close and raises timely questions about the society of today.'A bold and...
22 de jan. de 2009 · A poignant and dramatic story grounded in provocative ideas, Blonde Roots is a genuinely original, profoundly imaginative novel.
