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Hurston quotes Kossula in this account as an eyewitness , but the excerpt lacks the impact and resonance to fully convey the trauma of his removal from Africa and enslavement . Instead , a his- toricizing voice contains and limits the ...
Hurston quotes Kossula in this account as an eyewitness , but the excerpt lacks the impact and resonance to fully convey the trauma of his removal from Africa and enslavement . Instead , a his- toricizing voice contains and limits the ...
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Although Hurston's own words- " slipped away " -suggest an attempt to gingerly leave Kossula alone with his " smoke pic- tures , " her departure could also be read as her own inability to receive the testimony , or bear its weight .
Although Hurston's own words- " slipped away " -suggest an attempt to gingerly leave Kossula alone with his " smoke pic- tures , " her departure could also be read as her own inability to receive the testimony , or bear its weight .
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Kossula's framing of the incident also integrates several aspects of his life . The larger community , represented by the Takkoi King , is destroyed with his public beheading . As the Dahomian soldiers remove Kossula , he calls his ...
Kossula's framing of the incident also integrates several aspects of his life . The larger community , represented by the Takkoi King , is destroyed with his public beheading . As the Dahomian soldiers remove Kossula , he calls his ...
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