Name: Breaking the Maafa Chain
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Author: Domingo, Anni
ISBN: 9781913090760

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Author

Anni Domingo

Publisher

Jacaranda

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

350

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.5 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.40 kg.

ISBN13

9781913090760

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Synopsis "Breaking the Maafa Chain"

Breaking the Maafa Chain chronicles two sisters' struggle for true freedom in the mid-nineteenth century, when transporting slaves from Africa to America was an illegal but lucrative businessNineteenth century--Two sisters, Fatmata and Salimatu, are captured and sold separately into slavery. Forced to change their names to Faith and Sarah, they end up in two different countries with opposite slavery laws. Faith ends up in America, where slavery is still legal and slaves don't have any rights. Sarah ends up in a Victorian England and as the goddaughter of Queen Victoria. Can the two sisters reclaim their freedom and identity in a world that is trying to break them down and mold them to its coloniser's will?Based on the true story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Breaking the Maafa Chain will take the readers on a journey of loss, survival, hope, identity and tradition.

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