Barrac00n: The Story of the Last Black Cargo by Zora Neale Hurston

[Dad]

I started reading it and can’t put it down! From the first chapter when they first met I started tearing up.

This might be a classic that I pass down to my nieces and nephews

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

When he talked about how the dora milaje ran through his home taking heads and breaking jaws

 

[SouthSac916]

BUmp keep her legacy alive

 

[Dad]

I just broke down like an old shotgun

 

[NO-BadAzz]

Good read.

This dude father had multiple wives.

Enjoyed the read and the in depth on how life was back in Africa, Mr. Cudjo went into great details on his early life.

 

[Lord Scion]

Got my copy in today.

 

[JahFocus CS]

I read a few pages when I was in the book store a week or so ago. It is on my to-get list.

But the bit that I read was about Cudjo, I believe, speaking about religion and how he and his people believed in god, knew there was one god, but didn't "know he had a son [Jesus]."

This has always been confusing to me. Islam speaks about Jews and Christians and their beliefs (and how, from Islam's perspective, they are incorrect), and Isa is mentioned in the Qur'an. Would it have been because of a language barrier that African Muslims encountering Christianity and the character of Jesus during slavery and colonization not recognized him, and also Christians in general?

 

[MikelArteta]

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[Dad]

I read a few pages when I was in the book store a week or so ago. It is on my to-get list.

But the bit that I read was about Cudjo, I believe, speaking about religion and how he and his people believed in god, knew there was one god, but didn't "know he had a son [Jesus]."

This has always been confusing to me. Islam speaks about Jews and Christians and their beliefs (and how, from Islam's perspective, they are incorrect), and Isa is mentioned in the Qur'an. Would it have been because of a language barrier that African Muslims encountering Christianity and the character of Jesus during slavery and colonization not recognized him, and also Christians in general?

Got damn this is a great question.

 

[get these nets]

I read a few pages when I was in the book store a week or so ago. It is on my to-get list.

But the bit that I read was about Cudjo, I believe, speaking about religion and how he and his people believed in god, knew there was one god, but didn't "know he had a son [Jesus]."

This has always been confusing to me. Islam speaks about Jews and Christians and their beliefs (and how, from Islam's perspective, they are incorrect), and Isa is mentioned in the Qur'an. Would it have been because of a language barrier that African Muslims encountering Christianity and the character of Jesus during slavery and colonization not recognized him, and also Christians in general?

I think that's a function of how deeply ingrained Islam was in the regions where the enslaved Africans were from.
If the penetration of Islam mirrors the penetration of Christianity in Europe, then a select group of people were literate in the language of the holy book...Arabic Quran and Latin Bible but the laymen were not.

The majority of people were aware of the general ideas of the faith, but perhaps not all of the concepts and teachings.



Also, the enslaved Africans who practiced Islam back home probably didn't connect their faith with that of the devils who had them in chattel slavery.

 

[ogc163]

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

I’m listening to the Audible book and and so far it’s a hard and sobering read to hear about the African involvement.

The Dahomey was ruthless and evil.

Beheadings and waging war specifically to gather slaves to sell.

I’m 19% Benin/Togo and it just makes me upset to know what my ancestors went through at the hands of both Africans and white people.

This sadly is going to open up some wounds.

I had to stop listening - gonna pick up in a few days.

The Dahomey Tribe were the largest slave traders on the west african coast. They also decimated Igbo settlements with their fukkery. Between them and the Arochukwu tribes, west africans had no chance.

 

[Stacker Pentecost]

I have to read this ASAP, a lot of people have been recommending it

 

[therewillbeboogienights]

The Dahomey

How they got their name from wiki:

The story goes that Dakodonu, considered the second king in modern kings lists, was granted permission by the Gedevi chiefs, the local rulers, to settle in the Abomey plateau. Dakodonu requested additional land from a prominent chief named Dan (or Da) to which the chief responded sarcastically "Should I open up my belly and build you a house in it?" For this insult, Dakodonu killed Dan and began the construction of his palace on the spot. The name of the kingdom was derived from the incident: Dan=chief dan, xo=Belly, me=Inside of.[4]



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