Oct 13, 2008

Oroonoko | Oroonoko

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Author: Aphara Amis
First Published: 1678
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Didactic
Time of Work: Seventeenth century
Setting: Africa and Suriname
Genres: Long fiction, Didactic literature
Subjects: Africa or Africans, Love or romance, Slavery or slaves, Betrayal, Seventeenth century, Corruption, Fate or fatalism, South America or South Americans, Princes or princesses
Locales: Africa, England, Suriname

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Oroonoko (oh-rew-NOH-koh), a prince of Coromantien, Africa. At seventeen, he is the successful general of his country’s army. In love with Imoinda, he is furious when his king, also his grandfather, takes her into his harem. Oroonoko takes Imoinda as a lover. Both he and the girl are later enslaved by the English and taken to Suriname. They try to escape. When captured, Oroonoko is savagely beaten. Caught again while attempting to escape, he is publicly executed in a brutal manner. To save Imoinda from such a fate, he has killed her with her...

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Oroonoko | Oroonoko

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