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1. How does settler colonialism continue to shape perceptions of novels/ storytelling e. g. in regard to spirituality?
2. How does colorism affect the plot of the novel?
3. Comment on the themes of ancestry in the novel.
4. How does the act of naming shape realities?
5. How is Jeffers' work a feminist novel?

interesting to consider for all questions: double consciousness, the form of the text,  contemporary relevance, links to previous sessions...

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What comes to your mind when you hear the term "Double consciousness"?

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out of things to discuss/more time left?

E.g. What happened to Lydia?

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examples on pages: 3, 7, 10-13, 16, 18, 19, 21, 29, 46 ...

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examples on pages: 6-8, 12 in comparison to 17-18, 19-21

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examples on pages: 5, 11, 18-20, 28-29, 49

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examples on pages 11-13, 26-29, 34, 47-49, 50-52

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examples on pages: 3-5, 8-12, 25, 40

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was born in Massachusetts in 1868.

was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.

was also a prolific author.

"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line." - The Souls of Black Folk

one of the first proponents of the race-conflict theory

"Living as a member of a non-dominant race, creates a fracture in your sense of identity within that society"

click here to read one of his quotes

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

was born in 1967 and grew up in Durham, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia.

is a fiction writer, poet, and essayist.

author of five poetry collections

her topics: western prejudices about African and female intellectual capabilities, African-American history, integrational trauma, various African-American tradition, race, religion, family and culture

she also publishes essays and poems in different journals

The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois is her first novel and was a New York Times bestseller

associate professor of English at Univerity of Oklahoma, teaching creative writing an literature

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historical fiction

structured/divided with quotes by W.E.B du Bois (one before every new chapter), aka love songs

discusses Black slavery, indian genocide as trauma and it’s effects on contemporary American lives (generational trauma)

tells the story of one American family spanning several generations, dating back to colonial slave trade

confrontation with family history and culture while also complying to the norm (double consciousness)

Ailey is the main protagonist who has to come to terms with her identity

spends her summers in a small Georgian town (Chicasetta) where her family has lived since their ancestors were brought to the US as slaves from Africa

her maternal ancestry is in focus