Greetings True Believers,
This month’s book will be a modern classic of Caribbean literature, I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem, a stunning novelization of the real-life story of the first woman, an African-American, accused of witchcraft at the infamous Salem Witch Trials.
We’ll be trying out a new location for this month’s meeting, hopefully, something a little quieter, so RSVP and stay tuned!
“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.
CARAF Books:Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French
This book has been supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agencY.”