Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho

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Jones renders the saga of Palmares, a foundational tale in the annals of colonial terrorism and Black resistance, in verse, told in the voices of the characters in her epic novel Palmares. In the late 17th century, the fugitive slave enclave of Palmares was destroyed by Portuguese colonists. Amid the flight and re-enslavement of Palmares’s inhabitants emerges the love story of Almeyda and Anninho.

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By the acclaimed writer of Palmares and Corregidora.

When the Portuguese attack Palmares, Brazil’s last fugitive slave enclave, Almeyda and her husband are separated as they flee from the destruction. Amid the flight and re-enslavement of the inhabitants, their narrative emerges.

Two powerful, epic poems give voice to the lovers: Almeyda’s passionate lament for Anninho, whom she believes has been killed, is combined with his response as he searches for her. Their story is one of longing – for each other, for freedom – and for revolution.

‘I want to stay here, Anninho.’
‘There won’t be any way
you can stay here.
When they catch us,
they’ll take you back.’
‘The men they kill,
the women they take back.’

Additional information

Weight 340 g
Dimensions 22 × 13.8 × 2.2 cm
Author

Publisher

Virago

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

224

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

811.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K