Olaudah Equiano's Interesting Narrative is a wonderful piece of literary work. ... Throughout Equiano's story there many different "sub-themes" such as the reversal of fortunes and the obvious theme that slavery should be abolished. ... It is very interesting that the theme of fortune reversal appears in the story because Equiano says that his name, in his native tongue, means "fortunate"(44). ... The fact that slavery needs to be abolished and that Africans are capable of establishing civilized societies are the central themes in Equiano's narrative. These two themes...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

As do proverbs, African American folktales have origins rooted in West African literary and cultural forms of expression. ... Africa has a long literary tradition, although very little of this literature was written down until the 20th century. ...

• Word Count: 2075
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School