HUMA 1970 Study Guide - Aminata Savadogo, Native Tongues
5 Jun 2014
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Aminata"s childhood: aminata was born in the village bayo in west africa in 1745, her father, as most of the village, was muslim. They educated her as much as they could in the time they were given. She was also given duties to perform and was treated as a young adult. They tried to keep her safe from the colonists: her mother teaches her how to birth children, aminata is eventually kidnapped by white men and witnesses the murder of both her parents. The travel: she"s made to walk with several of her village neighbours across the lands of africa to the coast where the colonists ships are waiting, all the slaves were chained, some whipped if they were too slow. The slaves had no control over what happens to their bodies: along the way she meets a boy names chekura, who was from a village close to hers.
