Motifs
What is the physical object that Maame gave to both of her daughters?
Where do both Esi and Effia go after leaving/being captured from their homes?
The Cape Coast Castle
Who was "born of fire"?
Effia
The slave trade
What is the chemical reaction that is introduced in the very first page of the book that is a recurring motif? (And the front cover also shows this)
Fire
Ness describes life on the plantation as
Hell
Who worked on a ship?
Kojo
The journey across the Atlantic from coastal African countries to the Americas and the Caribbean is known as the
Middle Passage
The motif that is passed down through a family.
Intergenerational trauma
Kojo lives in which state?
Maryland
Who went to school in England and struggled with multiple aspects of his identity?
Quey
What were the wars called that were occurring between the British and tribes in present day Ghana?
Ashanti/Anglo wars
A motif that is shown between two people who are attracted to each other.
Love
Quey is sent away after his father sees him wrestling with Cugjo. Where does he go?
Britain/England
Who was captured and enslaved in the castle?
Esi
What was the law passed that affected Jo?
The Fugitive Slave Act
A motif that has been shown in revealing the relationship between Maame and Esi, Ma Aku and Kojo and Baaba and Effia.
Motherhood
Abena grows up in what "land"?
Fanteland
Who faked his own death?
James
How was the concept of slavery different between customs practiced in African countries and the Americas? (think back to the Ghana and Slave Trade Webquest)
Serfdom, and the capturing of people in other tribes was a common practice, but when the white people came in and the transatlantic slave trade started, the slavery that ensued--racist ideas used to justify the idea of slavery--developed as well as the dehumanization of Africans.