![]() ![]() ![]() Do you, in our own life, have a sense of history all around you, of being present in a moment of time in which actions will echo down into the future?Ĥ. Atakora refers to Rue as "one lone person in a vast history who does not think of herself as part of history at all, who has no knowledge of the ramifications of the world changing around her." In other words, Rue lives her life, day by day. ![]() To what extent are our own present issues tied to the very theme of a past that never dies in Conjure Women?ģ. ![]() ( Follow-up to Question 2) Consider how racial issues have continually resurfaced in this country: the shooting unarmed black men, the Black Lives Matter movement, football players kneeling before the flag, or the divisiveness over Confederate statues and flags. Afia Atakora has said in an interview with her publisher (Random House) that one of the central takeaways from her novel is that "our past isn't as far back or as well buried as we want to believe." What are the ways that the past haunts the present (and the future) in Conjure Women?Ģ. We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available in the meantime, use our talking points to help start a discussion for CONJURE WOMEN … then take off on your own.ġ. ![]()
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