Comments on: Busboys, books and slavery http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/busboys_books_and_slavery.html black looks Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:33:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Annie http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/busboys_books_and_slavery.html#comment-59061 Annie Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:11:52 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/busboys_books_and_slavery.html#comment-59061 Sokari, can I find Hartman's article online? Please tell me what it is called. Thanks. Sokari, can I find Hartman’s article online? Please tell me what it is called. Thanks.

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/busboys_books_and_slavery.html#comment-59056 Sokari Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:33:29 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/busboys_books_and_slavery.html#comment-59056 Annie@ What you are describing is the same as Hartman in her article (unfortunately it is at home so I cannot read right now). When I went to Badagry I did visit the slave museum - it is only a few rooms and basically what you see in the photos. Apart from me and a friend there was no one there and I understand very few people ever go. But I do hear what you are saying as from Hartman's account it sounds like well if it's Tuesday we are at the market! Annie@ What you are describing is the same as Hartman in her article (unfortunately it is at home so I cannot read right now). When I went to Badagry I did visit the slave museum - it is only a few rooms and basically what you see in the photos. Apart from me and a friend there was no one there and I understand very few people ever go. But I do hear what you are saying as from Hartman’s account it sounds like well if it’s Tuesday we are at the market!

]]> By: Annie http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/busboys_books_and_slavery.html#comment-59054 Annie Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:20:29 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/busboys_books_and_slavery.html#comment-59054 I heard Saidiya Hartman read some of her work a while ago...interesting stuff. Also, I've read that plaque at the Elmina castle a number of times, and going there is a different experience every time, because I find myself more interested in the people I'm with and the people around me, and their engagement with it all, than in the memorized tour guide crap I hear over and over again. And yes Sokari, the slave castles are one of our biggest tourist attractions. In my experience, that's one of the places you are most likely to meet African Americans in Ghana. At slave castles and at festivals, and that in a nutshell is the "getting in touch with one's 'roots'" experience. Ach, sore spot. I will stop now and hope that I have not been misunderstood. Maybe I will write a post about it. I heard Saidiya Hartman read some of her work a while ago…interesting stuff.

Also, I’ve read that plaque at the Elmina castle a number of times, and going there is a different experience every time, because I find myself more interested in the people I’m with and the people around me, and their engagement with it all, than in the memorized tour guide crap I hear over and over again.

And yes Sokari, the slave castles are one of our biggest tourist attractions. In my experience, that’s one of the places you are most likely to meet African Americans in Ghana. At slave castles and at festivals, and that in a nutshell is the “getting in touch with one’s ‘roots’” experience. Ach, sore spot. I will stop now and hope that I have not been misunderstood. Maybe I will write a post about it.

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/busboys_books_and_slavery.html#comment-59038 Sokari Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:11:09 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/busboys_books_and_slavery.html#comment-59038 Well its a great bookshop! Well its a great bookshop!

]]> By: kameelah http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/busboys_books_and_slavery.html#comment-58991 kameelah Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:31:34 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/busboys_books_and_slavery.html#comment-58991 Just on a happier note--not a dismissive note...I used to work at Busboys and Poets!!!!! Just on a happier note–not a dismissive note…I used to work at Busboys and Poets!!!!!

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