The Postcolonial Female “Bildung” in Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18978596
AutoresOluyomi Oduwobi (0000-0002-5203-6131, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa, autor de correspondencia), Harry Sewlall (University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa), Femi Abodunrin (University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa)
Año2016
Volumen47
Número5
Páginas383-401
Fecha de publicación2016-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Black Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0021934716632987
OpenAlexW2280066066
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas20

This article positions itself in the literary representations of the convergence of slavery, migration, race, gender, growth, and the African identity in a neo-slave narrative. It concerns itself with the examination of Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes as a female bildungsroman written from a postcolonial perspective. The novel centers on the growth and experiences of the female protagonist, Aminata Diallo, an African slave who eventually becomes a notable personality involved in the registration of the Black Loyalists on their passage to Nova Scotia (Canada) in the aftermath of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). In addition, she assists in the resettlement of the Loyalists in Sierra Leone and testifies in London on behalf of the abolitionists against the trans-Atlantic slave trade. As a result, this study highlights the intersection of history and literature in addition to the experiences of Africans in the diaspora who struggle with character development and identity in different societies

Aesthetics · Art · Bildung · Character (mathematics) · Diaspora · Ethnology · Humanities · Identity (music) · Literature · Narrative · Sierra leone · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Studies · History · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Short Stories in Global Literature