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Song for Anniho

Paperback • 1981 • English

Song for Anniho

By Gayl Jones

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About the book

In seventeenth-century Brazil there were at least seven fugitive African slave enclaves. Palmares, a settlement of more than 20,000, was the longest to survive, but ultimately was destroyed by the Portuguese, who re-enslaved its inhabitants. This book-length poem is the haunting love story of a black man and woman set in the real Palmares. Anninho, beloved of Almeyda, is an escaped African slave who settled in Palmares. After the final battle between Palmares and the Portuguese, Almeyda, her bre...Show more

Poetry by individual poets

Book details

ISBN

9780807068557

Publisher

BEACON PRESS

Published year

1981

Language

English

Original title

Song for Anniho

Format

Paperback

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