37 pages • 1 hour read
Saidiya V. HartmanLose Your Mother: A Journey Along The Atlantic Slave Route
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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Consult the Wikipedia entries for Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana, and Colonialism. What do you learn that might explain the world Hartman encounters in West Africa when she begins her research project? Does your research explain her sense of disappointment?
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Consult Wikipedia for Atlantic Slave Trade. Discuss five ways in which the entry corroborates Hartman’s depiction of slavery.
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At one point, Hartman mentions Thomas Sankara. Research him and discuss his significance for the dream of a more egalitarian world that Hartman articulates.
