Discussion Leader-Anisha Sangha
Questions:
1. How has Aminata's views on life changed from the beginning of the book till now, the end?
2. Do you think John Clarkson is manipulating Aminata and her friends or is he sincerely trying to help them? Explain.
3. How was trading significant in this part of the book?
4. How do you think Aminata feels when she sees slaves passing by?
5.Why does Clarkson bring Aminata to meet Falconbridge?
Illuminator-Harkirn Mangat
Quotes (five):
1. “And so it happened that the same men who rowed slaves to Bance Island carried us over the waters of St. George’s bay onto the shores of Sierra Leone.”(382)
3. “I certainly felt more Nova Scotian than African when the Temne women…seemed to think that I was just as foreign as the British.”(385 –386)
4. “A girl in the coffle looked at me pleadingly. She wasn’t a women yet…I longed to giver her water but had nothing…’Don’t give up, child,’ I said gently as I could, because I wanted to give her the sound of a mother’s voice.”(396-397)
Word Wizard-Rika Wong
1. How has Aminata's views on life changed from the beginning of the book till now, the end?
2. Do you think John Clarkson is manipulating Aminata and her friends or is he sincerely trying to help them? Explain.
3. How was trading significant in this part of the book?
4. How do you think Aminata feels when she sees slaves passing by?
5.Why does Clarkson bring Aminata to meet Falconbridge?
Illuminator-Harkirn Mangat
Quotes (five):
1. “And so it happened that the same men who rowed slaves to Bance Island carried us over the waters of St. George’s bay onto the shores of Sierra Leone.”(382)
This quote shows the amount of freedom the blacks have. That even though they have come back to Africa they are still so close to where the blacks were first captured.
2.“But Daddy Moses spoke up again. ’Brothers and sisters,’ he said, ‘this is not the time to argue. You all have eyes, and you see for me, to tell me this: Can anyone see five hundred homes already built for our weary bones? Do we have a house of worship? Do we have a system for gathering food and hunting and sharing among ourselves until we are all self-sufficient?’ no body said a word.”(383)
This quote shows the affect Daddy Moses has on the people of Freetown, mainly the blacks. After he gave this short speech in which, he ask multiple questions the people don’t say anything. This is because they agree that in order to live in Freetown they have to first create it and, that it is going to take time and hard work.
3. “I certainly felt more Nova Scotian than African when the Temne women…seemed to think that I was just as foreign as the British.”(385 –386)
This quote revels that Aminata was taken away from Africa so long ago at such a young age that she forgot some of her roots. Even though she knows she’s black and born in Africa the way she lives and speaks is much different then the Temne.
4. “A girl in the coffle looked at me pleadingly. She wasn’t a women yet…I longed to giver her water but had nothing…’Don’t give up, child,’ I said gently as I could, because I wanted to give her the sound of a mother’s voice.”(396-397)
In this quote it seems Aminata is trying to help this girl as no one had done for her when she was in that position. Aminata must feel that she has to put a stop to this and probably cannot bare the fact that another girl would have to go through what she had.
Word Wizard-Rika Wong
1. Flotilla
Page #- 376
Paragraph#- 3
Phrase from the text (context): "While the fifteen ships in our flotilla from Halifax dropped their anchors and baked for three days in African sun, Clarkson was rowed back and forth between our ships and a handful of others already in the harbour" (p. 376).
Definition and/or meaning in context: A group of small vessels.
2. Bombastic
Page #- 381
Paragraph#- 5
Phrase from the text (context): "Something about his bombastic nature, expressed in a broken language of toubabu, made him to appear more as a buffoon than a threat.
Definition and/or meaning in context: The original meaning is overstated/exaggerated by appearance or what is may seem to the eye.
3. Provision
Page #- 391
Paragraph#- 2
Phrase from the text (context): "Although a skilled labourer could make two shillings a day, he had to pay four shillings a week for provisions" (p. 391).
Definition and/or meaning in context: A supply.
4. Denomination
Page #- 391
Paragraph#- 3
Phrase from the text (context): "Within months of arriving, six different denominations had established their own meeting houses-- at first tents, then huts, then wooden chapels" (p.391).
Definition and/or meaning in context: A religious group/organization.
5. Grandiose
Page #- 409
Paragraph#- 2
Phrase from the text (context): "On one occasion, she complained about the Company men who were constantly giving dashes-- grandiose gifts-- to King Jimmy" (p.409).
Definition and/or meaning in context: Magnificent or grand.
Stagecrafter-Rika Wong
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