The Final Liberation of Martine

He put you inside me without my permission
He grabbed me, touched and violated me
He put you inside me without my permission
I carried you and birthed a child with the face of a man that put you inside me without my permission
It wasn't your fault, I know this
I knew this but I couldn't look at you, your face, my daughter
And not remember
He put you inside me without permission
5, 10, 25 years later and all I see is the faceless ghost who put you inside me without permission
In my dreams, the canefield,
crippled
screaming
shaking
sweating
crazed
screaming
Now this child
Was put inside me without my permission
It want salt
My soul need peace
This child inside me without permission
Shadow child be gone
No salt for you
Shadow man be gone
No me for you
This night,17 times I exorcized you from my body
This child no longer inside me without permission
I am free, Mama
Oui, je suis libre
I am free

--- Crystal O'Hearn

Guinea

Guinea is mentioned in three of the books we've studied this term. Why? What's so special about this place according to the characters we've met?

Haiti Cuba Venezuela

 

 

In particular, Click the "Haiti to Guinea" tab at the top of the website.