Ebook {Epub PDF} Aminata by Lawrence Hill

Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Study Guide of “The Book of Negroes” by Lawrence Hill. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Overview. Aminata Diallo, from the village of Bayo, in western Africa, is the daughter of Mamadu, a . Aminata Diallo, a woman from the village of Bayo in Africa, advocates for the abolition of the slave trade in London, England in To support the abolitionist cause, she writes her life story, so that people in England and around the world may know the truth about slavery. Aminata, also known as "Meena Dee," is born in in Bayo. The British accepted that responsibility, transporting "Negroes" from New York City to Nova Scotia, still a fledgling Atlantic Coast colony. Lawrence Hill combines the lives of some of those transported former slaves into one woman, Aminata Diallo, who he gives the task of entering their names into the military's record: "The Book of Negroes".Cited by: 4.

Aminata de Lawrence Hill Hello, Aujourd'hui je vous parle d'un livre que j'ai du lire pour les cours: Aminata de Lawrence Hill. Au début j'avais une flemme intersidérale mais j'ai pris goût à l'histoire et j'ai beaucoup aimé. "Je compris ce que voulait dire être esclave: ton passé n'a aucune importance, dans le présent tu es invisible. À la suite de l'immense succès d'Aminata, Lawrence Hill revient en force avec Le Sans-papiers. Identité, appartenance et exclusion sont des sujets au cour de son univers romanesque. Avec Le Sans-papiers, il s'intéresse au sort des migrants venus des pays. Traduit de l'anglais (USA) Si le livre Racines d'Alex Haley fut porté par un personnage masculin, celui de Lawrence Hill met en scène un personnage féminin. Pour se rapprocher de son héroïne, Lawrence Hill lui a donné le prénom de sa propre fille, une façon de mieux habiter le personnage et de se demander à chaque page comment sa fille aurait survécu et s'en serait sortie.

In Quebec, the book was published as Aminata. Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes has also been published as Someone Knows My Name in some international markets. As an honorary patron of Crossroads, in Hill founded the Aminata Fund, supporting programs for women and girls in developing areas of Africa. He returned in as a Crossroads volunteer in Swaziland. ” Lawrence Hill and Carole Noël will read excerpts from The Book of Negroes and its French version, Aminata, and discuss what is involved in translating the spoken word. How does an author express.