![]() ![]() Music is a wind that blows away the years, memories, and fear, that crouching animal I carry inside me. My first memory of happiness, when I was just a bony, runny-nosed, tangle-haired little girl, is moving to the sound of the drums, and that is also my most recent happiness, because last night I was in the Place Congo dancing and dancing, without a thought in my head, and today my body is warm and weary. I have had four children and a grandson, and those who are living are free. I know the pleasure of being with the man my heart has chosen. ![]() I am going to live a long time and my old age will be a time of contentment because my star- mi z’etoile-also shines when the night is cloudy. In my forty years I, Zarité Sedella, have had better luck than other slaves. Int'l Women's Conference - México, 2013.Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony, 2017. ![]()
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