My reactions:
I found this event in history particularly interesting because I had never heard of this even before. I was surprised that it was not common knowledge, and I can see why the author of this novel thought that when he first read a book about this, he thought it was ficticious. It would seem that this event would be so relevant to our history because of all the deaths and cruel tradings that were occuring. Also it would seem to be relevent because it did not happen too long ago. I mean I had heard reference to it before, so it was not a completely foreign concept. Although I would have thought of this to be something to discuss at large.
Three discussion questions might be:
Why do the Europeans think that the Africans are so wild and different?
What are the differences between the Portuguese and the British invasions?
Do you think this should be a more relevant topic in our society today? Why?
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