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middle passage/baptism
12019-05-05T10:54:21-07:00Matthew Hicks6a557b24a786aa0747938d11b6ae37e5645b8818105811plain2019-05-05T10:54:21-07:00Matthew Hicks6a557b24a786aa0747938d11b6ae37e5645b8818Hey Mary! I suspect that the middle passage analogy is made up in my mind, like I was looking for something and found it because of my preconceived expectations. The baptism thing, I think that was an intentional choice by the author. It seems to fit too perfectly to be a coincidence. And they both have strong post-colonial flavor. the baptism does especially. Baptism is a Christian rite, which is to say it is a Western tradition. its very presence in Africa indicates a colonial, or in this case post-colonial, presence.
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12019-04-08T10:43:23-07:00Matthew Hicks6a557b24a786aa0747938d11b6ae37e5645b8818"Othering" in Nnedi Okorafor's Lagoon19An exploration of some of the ways colonialism has left an imprint on Nigeriaimage_header2021-01-12T18:48:35-08:00Mary Laffidybbaa6fac1a2d68d7d027a0bc645072eb108dbf5c