Africaville
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"Set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, [the novel] depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate. Structured as a triptych, Africaville chronicles the lives of three generations of the Sebolt family--Kath Ella, her son Omar/Etienne, and her grandson Warner--whose lives unfold against the tumultuous events of the twentieth century from the Great Depression of the 1930s, through the social protests of the 1960s to the economic upheavals in the 1980s. A century earlier, Kath Ella's ancestors established a new home in Nova Scotia. Like her ancestors, Kath Ella's life is shaped by hardship--she struggles to conceive and to provide for her family during the long, bitter Canadian winters. She must also contend with the locals' lingering suspicions about the dark-skinned "outsiders" who live in their midst. Kath Ella's fierce love for her son, Omar, cannot help her overcome the racial prejudices that linger in this remote, tight-knit place. As he grows up, the rebellious Omar refutes the past and decides to break from the family, threatening to upend all that Kath Ella and her people have tried to build. Over the decades, each successive generation drifts further from Africaville, yet they take a piece of this indelible place with them as they make their way to Montreal, Vermont, and beyond, to the deep South of America. As it explores notions of identity, passing, cross-racial relationships, the importance of place, and the meaning of home, Africaville tells the larger story of the black experience in parts of Canada and the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Year Published: 2019
Description: 371 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062913722
0062913727
SUBJECTS
Enslaved people -- Fiction.
African Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Black People -- Canada -- Fiction.
Black People -- United States -- Fiction.
Race relations -- Fiction.
Passing (Identity) -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Nova Scotia -- History -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Epic fiction.