| DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore | |
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candygirl Admin
Number of posts : 5916 Location : Monrovia, Liberia Say Whatever : Laughter is the best medicine My Mood : Points : 2260 Registration date : 2008-03-31
| Subject: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:21 pm | |
| after so many years, I read the story again last night..... wow..... has anyone read it?? GQ< please download it from that thread i posted yesterday... and read it.. makes you feel sad for the guy, huh???
HB, HM.. Heru.. what you think?? | |
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candygirl Admin
Number of posts : 5916 Location : Monrovia, Liberia Say Whatever : Laughter is the best medicine My Mood : Points : 2260 Registration date : 2008-03-31
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:42 pm | |
| he killed her... aye.. if only he had just LET GO.. move on....
so ladies and gentlemen... do you blame Kai for Killing Tene??
do you think it should have rather been Kema? do you think his affections/attraction to Tene bordered on the incestous side??
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Geyla Queen Admin
Number of posts : 6443 Age : 46 Location : Atlanta, GA Say Whatever : I'm still holding on. My Mood : Points : 4301 Registration date : 2008-03-28
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:43 pm | |
| da the whole book here so? | |
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candygirl Admin
Number of posts : 5916 Location : Monrovia, Liberia Say Whatever : Laughter is the best medicine My Mood : Points : 2260 Registration date : 2008-03-31
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:44 pm | |
| - Geyla Queen wrote:
- da the whole book here so?
yes oh.. more liek a short story | |
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Geyla Queen Admin
Number of posts : 6443 Age : 46 Location : Atlanta, GA Say Whatever : I'm still holding on. My Mood : Points : 4301 Registration date : 2008-03-28
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Nica
Number of posts : 1026 Age : 64 Location : Nashville Say Whatever : Yes We Did! My Mood : Points : 663 Registration date : 2008-04-01
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:08 am | |
| I read da ting on Cuttington for class assignment. wonderful piece. Coming downlaod and read again. | |
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candygirl Admin
Number of posts : 5916 Location : Monrovia, Liberia Say Whatever : Laughter is the best medicine My Mood : Points : 2260 Registration date : 2008-03-31
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:35 pm | |
| Nica you attended CUC also..? cool. | |
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Nica
Number of posts : 1026 Age : 64 Location : Nashville Say Whatever : Yes We Did! My Mood : Points : 663 Registration date : 2008-04-01
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:01 am | |
| - candygirl wrote:
- Nica you attended CUC also..? cool.
Yep. 1978-80. I was dere when the first coup happen. It was sumting oh. The book I writing, "A Public Secret" is about dat time. | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:41 pm | |
| I have to read it again CG....remember just a little from it (dead body in the cassava patch under the trees?).... |
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VF
Number of posts : 8 Location : Dakar, Senegal My Mood : Points : 0 Registration date : 2008-04-25
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:17 am | |
| Candy I just finished reading this. Very interesting story!
For me, because I'm not Liberian- I want to know more from you all how you look at this book. Sometimes as a woman I read a book written by a man and feel like his point of view isn't quite true...
So as a non- Liberian, to me his voice seems very true in writing-- does it strike you that way?
I felt so bad for him.
How did you look at Kema? WHY would she act like that? What was her reason for that? She wanted to be powerful? or What? | |
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candygirl Admin
Number of posts : 5916 Location : Monrovia, Liberia Say Whatever : Laughter is the best medicine My Mood : Points : 2260 Registration date : 2008-03-31
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:03 pm | |
| - VF wrote:
- Candy I just finished reading this. Very interesting story!
For me, because I'm not Liberian- I want to know more from you all how you look at this book. Sometimes as a woman I read a book written by a man and feel like his point of view isn't quite true...
So as a non- Liberian, to me his voice seems very true in writing-- does it strike you that way?
I felt so bad for him.
How did you look at Kema? WHY would she act like that? What was her reason for that? She wanted to be powerful? or What? i felt bad for him too VF..... i felt his frustration at the unreturned love.. i elt his frustration over Tene's family using him like that... saying in essence, he was/is good enough to fetch or them, upkeep them, but not good enough for their crownned princess.. i felt his feelings of betrayal when he realised Kema was playing a two timming game.... how do i feel about kema? not so much anger... i think she wanted more for her sister... as in physical wealth and not just someone who would provide for the family. she wanted more. and like most big sisters, she had a strong hand of control over her lil sista... so Tene allowed herself to be controlled and manipulated by Kema. also, to an extent, i dont blame Tene either... esp after she had the child... be right back. | |
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elpaulay
Number of posts : 49 Age : 103 Location : Minnesota Say Whatever : So What? My Mood : Points : 76 Registration date : 2008-04-22
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:18 am | |
| My 7th grade teacher knew how to romanticize the whole story.....in my little 12 year old mind, i just wanted that beautiful and luscious Tene......Every night , I saw her in my dream, i did not really feel too sorry for gortokai; after all, tene was my girl... | |
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candygirl Admin
Number of posts : 5916 Location : Monrovia, Liberia Say Whatever : Laughter is the best medicine My Mood : Points : 2260 Registration date : 2008-03-31
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:46 pm | |
| hahaha.... aye Paulay | |
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krazzy
Number of posts : 2353 Say Whatever : your best friend can be your worst enemy and so forth..lol My Mood : Points : 1735 Registration date : 2008-04-07
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:54 pm | |
| good point VF. read this piece some time ago on 'Reading as a Woman' and thot abt it when i read yr post. i wonder how tene felt being 'marketed' in the name of culture and tradition. what was bai t. moore trying to put across as he takes no position-he only tells the story. why did gortokai want this woman who did not want him and felt he owned her based on money spent and his personal emotions? tene is a commodity here and her value is her youth and beauty. for example, when gortokai takes tene as a live-in partner, after she has the baby, it almost reads like he is doing her a favour; and she must behave-meaning no other men. tene does not have control-her sister is too greedy and her behaviour is reinforced by cultural practices. tragic story but real...almost like today's liberia. Here is the piece: - VF wrote:
- Candy I just finished reading this. Very interesting story!
For me, because I'm not Liberian- I want to know more from you all how you look at this book. Sometimes as a woman I read a book written by a man and feel like his point of view isn't quite true...
So as a non- Liberian, to me his voice seems very true in writing-- does it strike you that way?
I felt so bad for him.
How did you look at Kema? WHY would she act like that? What was her reason for that? She wanted to be powerful? or What? | |
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VF
Number of posts : 8 Location : Dakar, Senegal My Mood : Points : 0 Registration date : 2008-04-25
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Thu May 01, 2008 1:54 am | |
| hey crazzy, i'm not seeing the link to the "reading as a woman" article... but it sounds interesting.
did gortokai think she deserved to be killed? or did he know it was wrong and yet was just pushed beyond his limit? do others think he was within his rights to kill her because of the way she betrayed him?
that sister kema-- i still don't know how to feel about her! | |
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candygirl Admin
Number of posts : 5916 Location : Monrovia, Liberia Say Whatever : Laughter is the best medicine My Mood : Points : 2260 Registration date : 2008-03-31
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Thu May 01, 2008 1:56 am | |
| sisster kema used tene... when i read it, i did feel Gortoka's actions were justifiable.... but, thats isnt a reason to kill someone.... Krazzy you made some interesting points... | |
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krazzy
Number of posts : 2353 Say Whatever : your best friend can be your worst enemy and so forth..lol My Mood : Points : 1735 Registration date : 2008-04-07
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Thu May 01, 2008 6:21 pm | |
| i think tene's unavailablity was a threat to gortokai's masculinity. kema, in my view, was acting on the expectations of patriarchy. if youth and beauty in a woman has high premium and market value-sell it. don't know how i feel about her either but i wil get there. i will send the piece. treid to post but it could not go. :D - VF wrote:
- hey crazzy, i'm not seeing the link to the "reading as a woman" article... but it sounds interesting.
did gortokai think she deserved to be killed? or did he know it was wrong and yet was just pushed beyond his limit? do others think he was within his rights to kill her because of the way she betrayed him?
that sister kema-- i still don't know how to feel about her! | |
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Unique1
Number of posts : 129 My Mood : Points : 49 Registration date : 2008-04-21
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Tue May 06, 2008 7:27 pm | |
| hmm, but Tene self look for it yah, what she mean by the man must hold her waist thight, and that they are not brother and sister. What a really hot girl...and people like that can be very rascal. May her soul r.i.p | |
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candygirl Admin
Number of posts : 5916 Location : Monrovia, Liberia Say Whatever : Laughter is the best medicine My Mood : Points : 2260 Registration date : 2008-03-31
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Tue May 06, 2008 7:35 pm | |
| - Unique1 wrote:
- hmm, but Tene self look for it yah, what she mean by the man must hold her waist thight, and that they are not brother and sister. What a really hot girl...and people like that can be very rascal. May her soul r.i.p
hold me tet.. hahahaha unique you too funny | |
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krazzy
Number of posts : 2353 Say Whatever : your best friend can be your worst enemy and so forth..lol My Mood : Points : 1735 Registration date : 2008-04-07
| Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Murder in the Cassava Patch by Bai T. Moore Tue May 06, 2008 9:31 pm | |
| :) aye mehn, most gehs are hot o! - Unique1 wrote:
- hmm, but Tene self look for it yah, what she mean by the man must hold her waist thight, and that they are not brother and sister. What a really hot girl...and people like that can be very rascal. May her soul r.i.p
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