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Book Reviews of The Dahomean

The Dahomean
The Dahomean
Author: Frank Yerby
ISBN-13: 9780440117254
ISBN-10: 0440117259
Publication Date: 8/1980
Rating:
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
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4.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Dell Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed The Dahomean on
Helpful Score: 1
I wish they would make this book into a movie. It is the life story of an african chief's son named hwesu. It depicts daily life in Africa. It explains about the various Gods they worship, and the spectres they fear.The love story between himself and Nyasanu is stunning and heartbreaking. You will look at and understand polygamy in a whole new way! When he loses his loved ones, you really feel like you knew them. It makes you laugh, and at parts you are in miserable sympathetic tears. You will be stunned with horror at the treatment he and his family receive at the hands of the slave traders! The book has a sequel called "A Darkness at Ingraham's Crest", it is the second half of Hwesu/Wes's life which is lived as a plantation slave in the civil war era south! It is my #2 favorite lol!! I can actually picture this book and its sequel made into an epic movie starring Djaimon Hounsu, or Michel Clark Duncan as Hwesu/Wes!
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discovered mr. yerby on a car trip in the 70s and have read and collected ever since.