David Dabydeen
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David Dabydeen
Going back to the origins of black fiction in 18th-century slave narrative, A Harlot’s Progress tells the story of Mungo, an elderly slave engaged in dictating the main events of his life to the Abolitionist, Mr Pringle, who is “authoring” his autobiography. Unfortunately, the true history of Mungo’s life—both as a slave and as an African—keeps on going missing in Pringle’s attempts to transform that life into a moral emblem or fable of savage innocence preceding the fall into slavery. In fact, that life refuses to confirm to any of the versions white…
David Dabydeen
Set in the 18th century, this novel follows Rohini and Vidia, growing up in an Indian village, before being seduced by tales of Plantation Albion. There they find they have been sold into slavery. Having abandoned their families and their culture, they must now learn how to live with themselves.
