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The Viceroy of Ouidah

Viceroy of Ouidah

by Bruce Chatwin

In this vivid, powerful novel, Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva, a poor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade for slaves and amass his fortune. His plans exceed his dreams, and soon he is the Viceroy of Ouidah, master of all slave trading in Dahomey. But the ghastly business of slave trading and the open savagery of life in Dahomey slowly consume Manoel's... (more)

Top tags: historical fiction,  fiction,  slavery,  south america,  west africa (all tags)

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  • Rated 4 stars

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This is the story of a Brazilian slave trader who establishes himself in Ouidah, a slave outpost on the shores of the kingdom of Dahomey and who is bestowed the title of "Viceroy" for his monopoly in the slave trade (a trade that long continuted after Britain passed the Abolition Act in the late 19th century).

Although the book started a bit too slow for me with a tribal ceremony of the protagonist's several dozen white and mulatto descendants, Chatwin manages to weave an...”

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