The Resource Africaville : a novel, by Jeffrey Colvin
Africaville : a novel, by Jeffrey Colvin
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The item Africaville : a novel, by Jeffrey Colvin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, [the novel] depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate. Structured as a triptych, Africaville chronicles the lives of three generations of the Sebolt family--Kath Ella, her son Omar/Etienne, and her grandson Warner--whose lives unfold against the tumultuous events of the twentieth century from the Great Depression of the 1930s, through the social protests of the 1960s to the economic upheavals in the 1980s. A century earlier, Kath Ella's ancestors established a new home in Nova Scotia. Like her ancestors, Kath Ella's life is shaped by hardship--she struggles to conceive and to provide for her family during the long, bitter Canadian winters. She must also contend with the locals' lingering suspicions about the dark-skinned "outsiders" who live in their midst. Kath Ella's fierce love for her son, Omar, cannot help her overcome the racial prejudices that linger in this remote, tight-knit place. As he grows up, the rebellious Omar refutes the past and decides to break from the family, threatening to upend all that Kath Ella and her people have tried to build. Over the decades, each successive generation drifts further from Africaville, yet they take a piece of this indelible place with them as they make their way to Montreal, Vermont, and beyond, to the deep South of America. As it explores notions of identity, passing, cross-racial relationships, the importance of place, and the meaning of home, Africaville tells the larger story of the black experience in parts of Canada and the United States"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 371 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062913722
- Label
- Africaville : a novel
- Title
- Africaville
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- by Jeffrey Colvin
- Subject
-
- African Americans -- Migrations | History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Blacks -- Canada -- Fiction
- Blacks -- United States -- Fiction
- Epic fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- 1900-1999
- Passing (Identity) -- Fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Slaves
- Slaves -- Fiction
- Nova Scotia -- History -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Migrations
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, [the novel] depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate. Structured as a triptych, Africaville chronicles the lives of three generations of the Sebolt family--Kath Ella, her son Omar/Etienne, and her grandson Warner--whose lives unfold against the tumultuous events of the twentieth century from the Great Depression of the 1930s, through the social protests of the 1960s to the economic upheavals in the 1980s. A century earlier, Kath Ella's ancestors established a new home in Nova Scotia. Like her ancestors, Kath Ella's life is shaped by hardship--she struggles to conceive and to provide for her family during the long, bitter Canadian winters. She must also contend with the locals' lingering suspicions about the dark-skinned "outsiders" who live in their midst. Kath Ella's fierce love for her son, Omar, cannot help her overcome the racial prejudices that linger in this remote, tight-knit place. As he grows up, the rebellious Omar refutes the past and decides to break from the family, threatening to upend all that Kath Ella and her people have tried to build. Over the decades, each successive generation drifts further from Africaville, yet they take a piece of this indelible place with them as they make their way to Montreal, Vermont, and beyond, to the deep South of America. As it explores notions of identity, passing, cross-racial relationships, the importance of place, and the meaning of home, Africaville tells the larger story of the black experience in parts of Canada and the United States"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Colvin, Jeffrey
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3603.O4685
- LC item number
- A68 2019
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Slaves
- African Americans
- Blacks
- Blacks
- Race relations
- Passing (Identity)
- Families
- African Americans
- Slaves
- Nova Scotia
- Label
- Africaville : a novel, by Jeffrey Colvin
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 371 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062913722
- Lccn
- 2019017430
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1089971325
- Label
- Africaville : a novel, by Jeffrey Colvin
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 371 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062913722
- Lccn
- 2019017430
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1089971325
Subject
- African Americans -- Migrations | History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Blacks -- Canada -- Fiction
- Blacks -- United States -- Fiction
- Epic fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- 1900-1999
- Passing (Identity) -- Fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Slaves
- Slaves -- Fiction
- Nova Scotia -- History -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Migrations
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