RED DIRT
JOURNEY OF MAMAU
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I show Tarak and Anika a cave behind the water falls in the Shenandoah River. The river has food. We hid there for a winter because the colonizers were destroying villages. They set fires and we lost everything. We could have starved to death, but we kept finding food to eat and Kofi found wood to keep us warm the cave is shelter, so now we keep little wood and dry food in the cave if we hide in there again. Kofi saw my belly growing and we are adding to our family. This baby will be born in winter. So, we hunt more and keep more fur in our tent for when the baby comes. We will need fresh water and fruit.
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“RED DIRT” “THE JOURNEY OF MAMAU” This amazing story is created in the 1830’s during the time of England and British invasion of America. The land of The Indigenous People is being invaded. African slaves are being transported to the Americas. The Indian Nations are being removed by the law of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Colonies are being created. Mamau Nefertiti is a strong, loving, caring devoted midwife and Cherokee woman that is the mother of a diverse family. She is married to an African man named Kofi who is determined to keep his family together if it means losing his freedom again. How can he save them when the country is not his and his family is constantly hiding and trying to survive in America.