Antebellum
A Novel
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A thought-provoking novel about African American culture seen through the eyes of a famous rapper who is transported to the days of slavery and forced to experience it firsthand.
When Da Nigga is sent back in time, he finds himself a slave forced to live the life of his ancestors. A rapper in current time, Da N***a must confront the reality of the African American experience as slavery challenges everything he holds dear from his fellow rappers and their lyrics, to the executives and their motives.
Antebellum is the hard-hitting, gritty story of Da Nigga. From rap superstar to broken slave and back, Antebellum will have readers on the edge of their seats and keep them talking long after they put it down.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In his wildly original second novel, Thomas (Light: Stories of Urban Resurrection) tells the story of Moses Jenkins otherwise known as superstar rapper Da Nigga and his firsthand knowledge of his ancestors' path. After writing an attack song about a rival rap group and surviving an attempted hit on live TV, Moses is shot on his mother's front steps and wakes up in the antebellum South as a slave. Used to commanding legions of people with little effort, the proud and cocky superstar soon learns through horrifyingly graphic descriptions of torture that he has no power in the past. But as he manages to stay alive, Moses demonstrates his own brand of strength and courage to his fellow slaves, including medicine woman Aunt Sarah, taciturn Roka, and Ella, a dead ringer for his 21st-century manager, SaTia. As Moses toggles through present-day and the past, the question arises: has he died or is this all a dream? Whatever the case, Moses beneath the bling and bluster is a changed man, no matter what the year. A gripping read aptly demonstrating the horrific conditions in which slaves had to survive and the importance of never forgetting one's roots.
