Blonde Roots

TitleBlonde Roots
Year for Search2008
AuthorsEvaristo, Bernardine [Anne Mobolaji](b. 1959)
Pagination260 pp.
Date Published2008
PublisherHamish Hamilton
Place PublishedLondon
ISBN Number9780241143858 978-1-59448-863-4
KeywordsEnglish author, Female author
Annotation

The novel is set in an alternative history in which “whyte Europanes” are captured and enslaved by “blak Aphrikans,” with two of the three sections in the voice of Doris Scagglethorpe (given the slave name Omorenomwara) with the middle section in the voice of Chief Kaga Konata Katamba I, who brands his slaves with his initials, KKK. 

Additional Publishers

U.S. ed. New York: Riverhead Books, 2009. 269 pp. 

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Author Note

The female English author (b. 1959) was the first Black woman to win the Booker Prize. She holds a doctorate in Creative Writing from Goldsmith’s College, University of London, and is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University.

Full Text

2008 Evaristo, Bernardine [Anne Mobolaji] (b. 1959). Blonde Roots. London: Hamish Hamilton. 260 pp. U.S. ed. New York: Riverhead Books, 2009. 269 pp. PSt

The novel is set in an alternative history in which “whyte Europanes” are captured and enslaved by “blak Aphrikans,” with two of the three sections in the voice of Doris Scagglethorpe (given the slave name Omorenomwara) with the middle section in the voice of Chief Kaga Konata Katamba I, who brands his slaves with his initials, KKK. The female English author was the first Black woman to win the Booker Prize. She holds a doctorate in Creative Writing from Goldsmith’s College, University of London, and is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University.