6/7/2023 0 Comments Augustown book![]() ![]() He moves the center of attention in “Augustown” back and forth between Bedward’s era and the 1980s, covering the founding of Augustown - named in honor of the month in 1838 when Jamaica’s slaves were freed - Bedward’s career, and the Rastafari religion that is partly rooted in his teachings. ![]() ![]() One answer could be the human urge to remember, to tell a story. What is more human than the desire to rise above it all and fly?” I did see it for myself.” How do we interpret that? At the end of the novel, Gina reverts to Bedward, asking, “For what is more human than this desire to escape the troubled earth and its depressing gravity. But Ma Taffy tells Kaia, “He really did begin to fly. Thousands assembled to watch him lift-off from a breadfruit tree. In 1920 Bedward told his followers he would fly back to Africa, and they could fly there too. ![]()
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