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Cassava Republic Press

In the Palace of Flowers

By Victoria Princewill - Published 2021

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In Iran in 1895, Jamila, an Abyssinian slave of one of Shah Nasser al-Din Qajar’s numerous wives, lives in the Golestan (flowery) Palace. ...Read Review

The Hundred Wells of Salaga

By Ayesha Harruna Attah - Published 2018 Published 2019

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Literary

Near the end of the 19th century, as transatlantic slavery has been essentially abolished, internal slavery persists in Ghana. Two quite different young ...Read Review