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2. Oroonoko; or, The royal slave
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Behn,Aphra (Author), Gallagher,Catherine (Editor), and Stern,Simon (Contributor)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Published:
- Lexington, KY: Simon & BrownI
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 77 p., A short novel written by English female author Aphra Behn, published in 1688. It is the story of an African prince who deeply loves the beautiful Imoinda. Imoinda is eventually sold as a slave and is taken to Suriname which is under British rule. Oroonoko is taken prisoner, is sold, and finds himself and Imoinda enslaved on the same plantation. Contents: 1. To the right honourable the Lord Maitland. 2. The history of the royal slave.
3. Um defeito de cor
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Gonçalves,Ana Maria (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Publication Date:
- 2008
- Published:
- Rio de Janeiro: Editora Record
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 951 p., Story of an elderly African, blind and dying, traveling from Africa to Brazil in search of the lost son for decades. Along the journey, she will tell her life, marked by killings, rape, violence and slavery. Set in an important historical context in the formation of the Brazilian people and narrated in a way in which the historical facts are immersed in daily life and in the lives of the characters.
4. Um defeito de cor: [romance]
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Gonçalves,Ana Maria (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2006
- Published:
- Rio de Janeiro: Editora Record
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 951 p., A story of an African elderly who is blind, and on the verge of death, travels to from African to Brazil in a hunt for the lost child for decades.