Bibliograph

I, Tituba, black witch of Salem, Maryse Condé ; translated by Richard Philcox ; foreword by Angela Y. Davis ; afterword by Ann Armstrong Scarboro

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I, Tituba, black witch of Salem, Maryse Condé ; translated by Richard Philcox ; foreword by Angela Y. Davis ; afterword by Ann Armstrong Scarboro

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-227)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

I, Tituba, black witch of Salem

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

298513256

Responsibility statement

Maryse Condé ; translated by Richard Philcox ; foreword by Angela Y. Davis ; afterword by Ann Armstrong Scarboro

Series statement

CARAF books

Summary

This wild and entertaining novel expands on the true story of the West Indian slave Tituba, who was accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, arrested in 1692, and forgotten in jail until the general amnesty for witches two years later. Maryse Condé brings Tituba out of historical silence and creates for her a fictional childhood, adolescence, and old age. She turns her into what she calls "a sort of female hero, an epic heroine, like the legendary 'Nanny of the maroons, ' who, schooled in the sorcery and magical ritual of obeah, is arrested for healing members of the family that owns her

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I, Tituba

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