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That was a quick read, but an emotional gut-punch all the same.

As a citizen of a nation that was a major trader of enslaved people, with a colonial legacy that continues to negatively impact pretty much everybody on earth, this was a hard read. Désil speaks of the toll it took her to write it, and I can only imagine how it feels to live the consequences of enslaved forebears.
I found this book looking up the meaning of the phrase 👇�

Next up, a poetry collection by a Canadian author of Haitian descent, using zombie folklore as a metaphor for slavery, being Black in a White-dominated world, immigration narratives, generational trauma, and healing, the book's title being the traditional remedy for zombiïsm.
🇭🇹 #Haiti 🇨🇦 #Canada