AAS 3340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Yaa Gyasi, National Book Critics Circle Award, Huntsville, Alabama
19 Oct 2017
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West africa-the atlantic slave trade developed after europeans began exploring and establishing trading posts on the atlantic (west) coast of africa in the mid-15th century. The first major group of european traders in west africa was the portuguese, followed by the british and the french. Ashanti-slavery was historically a tradition in the ashanti empire, with slaves typically taken as captives from enemies in warfare. Had total control of their children, as she had no kin in the tribe. Fante-the fante tribe, along with asante, are two of the largest and best known ethnic who received firearms in return for their role as middlemen in the slave trade. fante people are mainly from the akan tribe. Fante people where the slaves are called coromantee they are jamaican slaves from ghana Yaa gyasi-yaa gyasi was born in ghana and raised in huntsville, alabama. Her debut novel, homegoing, brought her, at age 26, the.
