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# 2024-07-21 - Of One Blood by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins |
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To use pop culture references, this book reminded me of the |
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Black Panther movie and also of Indiana Jones. I enjoyed the |
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elements of adventure and travel in this story. The protagonist is a |
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white-passing African American man named Reuel, which is Hebrew for |
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Friend Of God. The book brings to mind the Lost World genre, and i |
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read it described as Afrotopian. It was a relatively quick read. |
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gopher://gopherpedia.com/0/Lost_world |
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From the Wikipedia article about this novel: |
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The novel's title was inspired by Acts 17:26 in the Bible: |
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> Of one blood I made all nations of man to dwell upon the whole face |
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> of the earth (...) No man can draw the dividing line between the |
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> two races, for they are both of one blood! |
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And to quote the novel itself: |
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> Caste prejudice, race pride, boundless wealth, scintillating |
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> intellects refined by all the arts of the intellectual world, are |
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> but puppets in His hand, for His promises stand, and He will prove |
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> His words, "Of one blood have I made all races of men." |
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author: Hopkins, Pauline E. (Pauline Elizabeth) |
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detail: gopher://gopherpedia.com/0/Of_One_Blood_(novel) |
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LOC: PS1999.H4226 O36 |
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source: gopher://gopher.pglaf.org/1/6/9/2/5/69255/ |
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tags: ebook,fantasy,fiction,race |
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