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Banana Bottom is the story of a young Jamaican woman’s discovery of her country, her people, and herself. The novel begins with the return to Jamaica of...
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- Claude McKay
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Banana Bottom tells the story of Bita Plant,a young, black girl, who after being seduced and ‘spoiled’, is adopted by white missionaries and sent to England for 7 years of refinement and a proper education. The novel begins with Bita’s return to her homeland.
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- Claude Mckay
In his third novel, Banana Bottom, McKay presented a more incisive exploration of his principal theme, the Black individual’s quest for cultural identity in the face of racism. Banana Bottom recounts the experiences of a Jamaican peasant girl, Bita, who is adopted by white missionaries after being raped.
A novel of love and war, from the author of Home to Harlem. Bita Plant is adopted and sent to England from Jamaica by white missionary benefactors and returns to her home...
A Jamaican girl, Bita Plant, who was adopted and sent to be educated in England by white missionary benefactors, returns to her native village of Banana Bottom and finds her black heritage...
