artofkcf 's review for:

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall

5.0

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What all good, compelling, deep graphic novels should be. Of course as a scholar trying to recover histories that have been erased by archives I was drawn to this book. The subject matter is important yet difficult to bear, though part of bearing witness to atrocity is the point in reclaiming new pathways for freedom ancestrally and otherwise for Black folk. A wonderful text that should be taught in feminist research methods classes. Wish I was still teaching so I could teach this book. A marvel, the art is incredible, gritty, moving and visually illustrates feelings and concepts Hall is thinking through. Favorite graphic novel I've read in a long time.