Questions:
1. In your opinion, which part would you say was the most intense part for you? Which part brought out the most emotion? How did it make you feel?
2. If you were Aminata in this situation how would you act? Would you act the same or differently then her?
3. Why do you think Fanta killed her baby?
4. How do you think Aminata and the other characters will react once they fully realize what being a slave entails?
5. Why do you think Aminata and a majority of the other characters thought that the toubab were going to eat them? Was this a metaphor?
Discussion Summary
During this discussion our group talked about many topics and had a thorough discussion about the book, creating many interesting points. After asking the first question Aidan, Harkirn and Rika all agreed that the most intense part for them was when Fanta slit the throat of her baby and then proceeded to then throw the baby off of the boat. This then led to a deeper discussion about Fanta and how she stabbed the toubab's bird as well as threw Sanu's baby off the ship. We believe that Fanta acted this way through anger and jealousy, also because since she came from a place of privilege (being the wife of the chief) the change was very hard for her. For the second question Rika would act differently in the sense that she would not be as trustworthy with the toubab, this was in regards to when Aminata slept with the toubab in the same bed. Harkirn as well as Aidan responded with they would do whatever they told them to do so that they would survive. Aidan also mentioned that your actions would be depicted through whatever mind set that you had. If you were willing to fight for your life or you did not really care. For the third question Aidan believed that Fanta killed her baby because she couldn't take care of it in general, Rika believed that Fanta did not want to have an emotional attachment to the baby so she killed it before she would have to start working as a slave, and Harkirn's answer was that it was holding her back and was giving her a lesser chance for survival. Moreover for the fourth question Harkirn responded with, "They were surprised that they were not going to be eaten". Aidan predicted that they would be scared, however there was not a lot they could do to make their situation better. Rika believed they would also act scared, but they had each other for support. Even though Aminata and Fanta did not get a long they had each other. To conclude, for the last question Harkirn believed they thought this because that was the rumour going around. On the other hand Aidan thought that Aminata and her people were convinced that the toubab were cannibals whereas Rika thought they were simply just attached to the idea and they believed in witch craft. All in all it was a productive discussion and we all look forward to reading further.
Illuminator-Aidan Hull
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Word Wizard-Harkirn Mangat
1. Manacled
Page #- 64
Paragraph#- 2nd
Phrase from the text (context): "They were manacled at the ankles, in pairs, the left ankle of one to the right ankle of the other."
Definition and/or meaning in context: A shackle for the hand; handcuff
2.Homelander
Page #- 78
Paragraph#- 1st
Phrase from the text (context): "I would never tell that the homelander women stole whatever they could from the boxes brought daily in and out of the medicine man's cabin."
Definition and/or meaning in context:Word used when slaves refer to fellow african.
3. Convulsions
Page #- 82
Paragraph#-2nd
Phrase from the text (context): "One evening on the top dock, Fanta told me that her belly was in convlsions and that she was ready to have her baby."
Definition and/or meaning in context: Violent agitation or disturbance.
4. Negotiate
Page #- 85
Paragraph#- 8th
Phrase from the text (context): "Wouldn't is be better to accept and to negotiate good terms
Definition and/or meaning in context: To arrange for or bring about by discussions and settlement of terms
5. Barricade
Page #- 94
Paragraph#- 2nd
Phrase from the text (context): "No trees, but sand and a huge, square barricade.
Definition and/or meaning in context:Any barrier that obstructs passage.*All definitions were retrieved from dictionary.com
Stagecrafter-Rika Wong
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