Ota Benga under My Mother's Roof by Mccray Carrie Allen;Simmonds Kevin;

Author:Mccray, Carrie Allen;Simmonds, Kevin;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press

Storm Warning

1890

Understand what happened to peace

in Congo Forest.

Understand the story

of red rubber.

Rubber for automobiles,

rubber John Dunlop discovered

gave smoother rides

on his son’s tricycle.

Rubber Edward Dene Morel

called “Red Rubber.”

Sent into Congo Forest,

he saw the killing of slow

rubber workers, saw rebellion blood

on vines around rubber trees,

learned they received no money

for their work,

called it right,

called it slavery.

Dichotomy

King Leopold II drinks

from gold-edged glasses.

The overseers shout,

Move! Now!

Faster! Faster!

King Leopold II dines

from gold-edged plates.

Chiote whips lash,

lash black backs.

King Leopold II rides

through far cool forests,

through fruit groves to savor

while cut-off hands are piled

in baskets.

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