Ashanti Term Analysis

...unhealthy, and they don’t smile. Amari thinks they smell of danger, but since some neighboring Ashanti warriors accompany the strangers, she’s certain they’ll explain soon. The village throws itself into preparing... (full context)

...over, blood flowing from his chest. Everyone begins to scream in terror and confusion. An Ashanti warrior clubs down a woman and her baby as the woman tries to flee. Amari... (full context)

...lie everywhere. Amari knows that the strangers probably don’t know their burial customs, but the Ashanti are supposed to be the brothers of Amari’s people. She can’t figure out why the... (full context)

...in a strange language for the captives to get up. Amari tries to ask an Ashanti what’s happening, but someone whips her across the back. One stranger pulls out iron neck... (full context)

...women can continue their conversation, several men are thrown into the cell. Several are the Ashanti warriors who captured Amari’s village, one is the Black man who branded her, and the... (full context)

When all the white men have left, the Black man switches to Ashanti. In a hurried whisper, he advises the slaves to learn English quickly but to not... (full context)

Teenie says that her mother was a strong Ashanti woman. She told Teenie stories about the sun, which looked like a copper pot, and... (full context)

...to ask Tidbit, who looks confused, if he remembers all her mother’s stories about the Ashanti, the drums, and the copper sun. She asks if he remembers how her mother took... (full context)