A review by emkellreads
Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave by Zora Neale Hurston
4.0
"All these words from the seller, but not one word from the sold. The Kings and Captains whose words have moved ships. But not one word from the cargo. The thoughts of the 'black ivory,' the 'coin of Africa,' had no market value. Africa's ambassadors to the New World have come and worked and died, and left their spoor, but no recorded thought."
Barracoon is that - the recorded thought of a man who was turned into property by not only his white buyers but also his black countrymen who sold him.
Kossola, or Cudjo as he was named when he became a slave, has his own voice in this book and I highly recommend listening to it.
Barracoon is that - the recorded thought of a man who was turned into property by not only his white buyers but also his black countrymen who sold him.
Kossola, or Cudjo as he was named when he became a slave, has his own voice in this book and I highly recommend listening to it.