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Ota Benga Under My Mother's Roof (Paperback, New)
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Ota Benga Under My Mother's Roof (Paperback, New)
Series: Palmetto Poetry Series
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In Ota Benga under My Mother's Roof, Carrie Allen McCray
(1913-2008) uses poignant and personal verse to trace the ill-fated
life of the Congolese pygmy who was famously exhibited in the Bronx
Zoo in 1906 before being taken in by the McCray family of
Lynchburg, Virginia. Rooted in the rich historical and
autobiographic context of her own experiences with Benga, McCray
offers compelling, dexterous poems that place Benga's story within
the racial milieu of the early twentieth century as the burgeoning
science of social anthropology worked to classify humans based on
race and culture. The theme of this book is a study of humanity, of
people of all kinds, in which Benga's vitality becomes the measure
against which everyone is measured. With poems that revel in
African American signifying, spirituality, and traditional
storytelling, McCray's collection establishes a sincere legacy for
Ota Benga as she shares her friend's harrowing tale with new
generations.
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