A review by fawna
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

5.0

Kossula gave us a gift when he told his story. Zora Neal Hurston gave us a gift when she wrote it down and refused to write it in standard English. Robin Miles gave us a gift in her narration of this audiobook. I was transported as I listened, and I know my brain would have stumbled over the dialect if I read this myself. I only wish Cudjo's story was longer; the first 20% is an intro and the backstory on ZNH seeking and writing this book. Even the appendix is filled with Kossula's gems.