Very authentic ❤️

Wow Cudjo Lewis is a storyteller allowing us to get a glimpse of his life. An important read!

You get a glimpse into what it was like for an African while on their own soil, then going through capture, middle passage, and arrival. It's very humanizing and makes it real versus a tragic human event. It shows African American slaves as three dimensional human beings, and the traumas human beings suffered as they were dragged away forever. It's a voice I've never heard before, usually a slave story begins with either the middle passage or begins with them having arrived in America. I loved it and read it within a few hours.

Beautifully written. Angelic, necessary.

BEST BOOK EVER MAN!!!!

I finished this book in one day! I usually try to ration out my pages so that I can read a good book over a week (at least) but I could not put this book down! Ms. Neale-Hurston honored this courageous man’s story by writing it just as he told it. Her attention to detail and her loving heart can be felt when turning each page. While Mr. Lewis shares his heartbreaking experience, it shines a light of true perseverance.

Who better than Hurston to chronicle Cudjo Lewis’s life? She does a masterful job of interviewing him and the resulting narrative is moving.

Please start reading with the second introduction. The first part of the book is someone writing about what you will read and it spoils it. The second introduction is truly the start of the book and gives you all the background information you need. Thanks