The Kaywana Trilogy | The Kaywana Trilogy

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Author: Edgar Mittelholzer
First Published: 1952
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Historical
Time of Work: 1611-1953
Setting: British Guiana
Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
Subjects: Africa or Africans, Politics, Colonies or colonization, Love or romance, Race, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Revolutions, Social issues, Eighteenth century, Seventeenth century, Guyana or Guyanese people, Ethics, Cruelty, Intermarriage, Insurgency
Locales: British Guiana

Characters Discussed

Children of Kaywana, 1952

Kaywana (ki-WAH-nah), the daughter of a West Indian woman and an English sailor, the mistress of both Adrian van Groenwegel and August Vyfius and the mother of children by both men. She defies the local shaman, because she believes he is poisoning her daughter. Although her daughter recovers, she kills the shaman’s own daughter. She dies in a battle between the Dutch and the natives.

Hendrickje van Groenwegel (hehn- DRIHK-yeh fon GREHN-vay-gehl), the great- granddaughter of Kaywana on both her father’s...

The Kaywana Trilogy | The Kaywana Trilogy

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Characters Discussed

Children of Kaywana, 1952

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