Sisa

by Joyce Pool

Suriname 1712. De Fransen trekken in dat jaar moordend en plunderend door Suriname. Plantersdochter Map Overbeke van Raamsdonk ontsnapt met de hulp van de slaaf Kwasi aan de dood. Hij neemt haar mee naar een dorp van weggelopen slaven, dat diep in het oerwoud ligt verscholen. Door haar verblijf in dit marrondorp krijgt Map een heel andere kijk op de slavernij en de verhoudingen tussen blank en zwart.

173 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2002

Reviews

[Angie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lecture rapide, sujet intéressant. Ça avait du potentiel, mais je n’ai pas réellement accroché. Ça ne fait que quelques heures, et j’ai déjà oublié comment le livre se termine. Ça en dit assez.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interessant verhaal, boeiend geschreven. Het voelt helaas wel als een deel van een verhaal. Het eindigt ontzettend abrupt, terwijl ik nog zoveel meer hoopte te lezen.

[RH · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sisa tells the story of a Dutch girl, Map Overbeke, in Surinam in the 1700's. Her family owns slaves who work on the farmlands when the French invade the place. Slaves are slaughtered, families flee from the violence. In this hassle, one of the family's slaves, Kwasi, saves the girl Map and takes her into the woods to shield her from the French. 2 Weeks they spend in a small village with runaway slaves. During this adventure Map develops feelings for Kwasi and she is angered when she finds out how her family treats slaves.

In this village she learns about the slaves' experiences with her family and she learns the difference between black and white. Map sets out to provide a better life for the slaves but her uncle and father do not want to hear her. She then decides to runaway to fight for the slaves' freedom.

But before the reader gets any clue about how she is going to solve this problem, the book ends. Very abruptly. Right at the moment the book is going to take an interesting turn the author has decided that this was it. This is such a pity, seeing that the reader develops empathy for the slaves and really wishes Map to stand up against her family, acquaintances and friends. Nice to read once, but the story is simple.