While researching in Nantes, a port city enriched by the slave trade, celebrated French novelist Fabienne Kanor came across a chilling report written in 1774 by the commander of a slave ship, Le Soleil.
Captain Louis Mosnier recounted the loss of valuable cargo when fourteen African women escaped from the ship's hold to leap overboard rather than face enslavement.
Half of them drowned or were eaten by sharks.
From this tragic incident, Kanor has composed.
University Of Virginia Press Humus, hardcover/fabienne kanor
