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03501aim a22003855a 4500 001 BB904362471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200204010450 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 191213s2019 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 $a 0062957635 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 $a 9780062957634 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 028 42 $a MWT12374109 040 $a Midwest $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Colvin, Jeffrey, $e author. 245 10 $a Africaville : $b a novel $h [electronic resource] / $c Jeffrey Colvin. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a [United States] : $b HarperAudio, $c 2019. 300 $a 1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 38 min.)) : $b digital. 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 $a Read by Robin Miles. 520 $a A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that 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. Vibrant and lyrical, filled with colorful details, and told in a powerful, haunting voice, this extraordinary novel-as atmospheric and steeped in history as The Known World, Barracoon, The Underground Railroad, and The Twelve Tribes of Hattie-is a landmark work from a sure-to-be major literary talent. 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 $a Slaves $v Fiction. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $x History $y 20th century $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Miles, Robin, $e narrator. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12374109?utm_source=MARC $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hpc_9780062957634_180.jpeg 941 $a 2 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20200806021823.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20200204020959.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BB904362471C11EA8C4E586797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search