This book brings back to life in rich detail the AfroGuyanese village community of the authors childhood where there were old people who had been slaves as children and Africa was not forgotten. It was a time when children did not have open access to the world of adults and childhood had not yet disappeared and perhaps for this reason the men and women who pass through these stories have a mystery and singularity that are as unforgettable for the reader as they were for the child. show more