Even though we are certain that Madu is not being baked for eating in the ship’s hold, he is unfamiliar with anything there. Nobody’s Slave’s opening chapter is tense and exciting. Perhaps there is a freedom with Madu’s story line that the author didn’t experience when writing Tom as this author does seem to be one that strives for authenticity? Tom is shown as Drake’s cousin who travels with him on a voyage, most likely in the 1560s. John Hawkins and Francis Drake, real-life historical individuals, complicate Tom’s plot. Tom doesn’t seem to stop even when he has a significant personal loss he just seems to go on to the next thing. Although he has reservations about the morality of kidnapping slaves, he is readily persuaded that it is necessary to do so. Perhaps it’s because he uses the justifications from then that we are aware of. Perhaps it’s because we are so accustomed to him. The two boys’ only concern at that magical time is winning over their fellow villagers. Everyone uses a goat to capture the leopard, but they all want to keep the goat. He and his comrade Temba are trying to kill a leopard at the beginning of the book for their warrior training, but they want to go further. Madu goes above and beyond because of this stigma and his desire for his stepfather’s favour. She was pregnant with Madu at the time of their marriage, but nobody knew it. Madu’s mother was a Sumba woman who was taken in conflict and wed to a tribesman warrior. The tone of Madu’s section of the plot is reminiscent of Chinua Achebe, a master of African literature.
Will Tom and Madu be able to maintain their friendship when the roles are reversed? Nobody’s Slave is a highly accurate book that is based on actual historical occurrences. When Madu is brought as a prisoner to the slave ship, he is bewildered and terrified. Due to an agreement between the opposing tribe and the English to sell their prisoners as slaves, two tribes are at war. Tom is a young English lad who is travelling on a slave ship looking for their next shipment of human beings.
This is a fast-moving drama based around real historical events.Madu is a budding African warrior who longs for his stepfather’s praise. But as the story develops their roles are reversed, and they become closer friends than either would have once believed possible. At first the two boys boys hate each other. Tom Oakley is a young sailor in charge of the slaves. Madu, a young African, is captured by the English slave-trader, Sir John Hawkins. Two boys meet on a voyage that transforms their lives. Fiction | African American - Historical Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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