Critical Analysis Of Bildung In The Book Of Negroes

It is difficult for an individual to keep the identities from native country and feel a sense of belonging after suffering from the slave trade. Through the literary research, scholars state that many slaves lost their African identities through painful slavery and diaspora situations (Medovarski; Oduwobi). In the article "Currency and Cultural Consumption: Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes." by Andrea Medovarski, a woman studies scholar and in "The Postcolonial Female “Bildung” in Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes." by Oluyomi Oduwobi, a literature critic, they both mention that in a different society, many people experience diaspora and struggle with keeping their own identities (Medovarski; Oduwobi). Similarly, in the article "Demonstrating