Jamie DaSilva Professor Nicholas Helms Currents in Global Literature 20 October, 2023 After reading The Dew Breaker and The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African I became fascinated by the way each book portrays the theme of hope. Both novels describe the hardships people of color have facedContinue reading “Hope in The Dew Breaker and The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano”
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Project 1- Racism as a Contagious Idea- Then and Now
Sketch based on Lao’s Article- Sketch based on Equiano’s Narritive- Project description and meanings: In Lau’s article he describes racism as being contagious, disease-like, and easily transmissible. This provides us with a visual to something that doesn’t quite have a discernible image to some people. This is a powerful tool in getting his message acrossContinue reading “Project 1- Racism as a Contagious Idea- Then and Now”
Global South Has a Voice Too
The term Global South is a complicated one with many complexities and meaning, and could use a whole other paper to explain it. For the purpose of this paper, Global South will refer to any marginalized group, mainly in the Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania regions, that have been oppressed by their oppressor. TheContinue reading “Global South Has a Voice Too”
Christianity and Conformity, Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, is a narrative that consistently refers to the act of conforming for survival. Reading this narrative, the conversion Equiano had to Christianity was compelling to me, and as I continued to read, I noticed the act of talkingContinue reading “Christianity and Conformity, Equiano”
Written History isn’t Heard.
the voices of survivors are more impactful than the words we use to recite them.
Majority Knows “Best” (Project 1)
Equiano’s “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African” or “Life of Equiano” for short, and Soyinka’s “Death and King’s Horseman” are two books that have very heavy themes of religion and tradition from multiple points of view. What I mean by that is in “Life of Equiano”, EquianoContinue reading “Majority Knows “Best” (Project 1)”
Equiano’s Map
https://equianomap.000webhostapp.com/ For my first project of the semester, I wanted to do something with The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted to do at first but I did really like his detailed descriptions of each place he visited (and he certainly visited a lot of places!)Continue reading “Equiano’s Map”
Themes in Equiano / First Major Project
Madisen Bentzlin / Themes in Equiano – Jeopardy Game For my visual (displayed in picture form on page three), I decided to choose to do a small jeopardy game including themes in The Life of Olaudah Equiano. On the visual, there are clues being quotes from the reading that the audience or reader would have toContinue reading “Themes in Equiano / First Major Project”
First Project
For this project, I wanted to look at the commonalities from stories told in the past to the stories that we tell now. Specifically, stories regarding black people have been watered down to appeal to the white mind. For those who don’t know what the image is meant to represent, it is a silhouette ofContinue reading “First Project”
Sprockets and Springes 