![]() Grief and Survivor’s Guilt sometimes go hand in hand I feel like Mbalia did an amazing job of bringing this very hard topic to the forefront of a MG Mythology novel in a way that younger audiences can understand without it having to get very graphic or gory for them to enjoy. Don’t tell me that you don’t see how obvious Mbalia was trying to make the negative effects of slavery be prevalent in the world of Alke, and show it in a way that gave these demons a physical form that Tristan and the others could fight. ![]() Bone ships that carry the dead or the near-dead in a burning sea, the metal monsters that chain people up and take them away never to be seen again, the brand flies that cause marks and poison to affect the victim. ![]() You can see it in this world when Tristan has to come across certain monsters that really just reminded me of what the African people had to go through and endure. Like there’s supposed to be a time limit on how long you or your family can feel grief or anger towards a series of events that have had tremendous circumstances that you feel to this very day. This one is clearly obvious, but sometimes I feel like people think that we should “get over it” because it “happened so long ago” or whatever. ![]() ![]() The effects of slavery last for generations ![]()
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