“Knowledge is potential power. It transforms itself into actual power the moment you decisively act on it” (Robin Sharma). This attitude is portrayed in Lawrence Hills, The Book of Negroes through the life of Aminata Diallo as she uses the power of knowledge that she has gained through her struggles to get access to new opportunities in hopes of getting her freedom and returning home. Through her ability to help others because of her knowledge of midwifery, languages, and traditional education, she becomes a djeli ensuring not only her survival but the survival of her people. In The Book of Negroes, the protagonist Aminata uses her power to make a difference for slaves, which leads her to live an ambitious life.
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[Her] purpose would be to witness, and prepare to testify” (Hill, 56). A djeli is a storyteller and this is what was Aminata ultimate goal and she accomplished is with the help of her skills, it is something she had to teach herself. The British men that she has come to trust recruited Aminata to write The Book of Negroes because she was the only Negroes capable to write and is trusted by everyone in this process she here’s the story of everyone who comes to her she takes it in and documents letting people know there is someone who cares about what has happened to them. This helps her get a ticket to Nova Scotia were she is promised freedom and joy but is not what is there, thought the journey was once again a disappointment it brings Aminata back to Africa after years of saying she will return home where she hopes to find her people. After all her experiences years later she is asked by the abolitionist group if she may tell her story to the parliament in hopes of stopping slavery and Aminata agrees but only under her conditions. Since she had learned the skill of writing she would write the story of Aminata
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[Her] purpose would be to witness, and prepare to testify” (Hill, 56). A djeli is a storyteller and this is what was Aminata ultimate goal and she accomplished is with the help of her skills, it is something she had to teach herself. The British men that she has come to trust recruited Aminata to write The Book of Negroes because she was the only Negroes capable to write and is trusted by everyone in this process she here’s the story of everyone who comes to her she takes it in and documents letting people know there is someone who cares about what has happened to them. This helps her get a ticket to Nova Scotia were she is promised freedom and joy but is not what is there, thought the journey was once again a disappointment it brings Aminata back to Africa after years of saying she will return home where she hopes to find her people. After all her experiences years later she is asked by the abolitionist group if she may tell her story to the parliament in hopes of stopping slavery and Aminata agrees but only under her conditions. Since she had learned the skill of writing she would write the story of Aminata