Banana BottomChatham Bookseller, 1970 - 317 pages Bita Plant is adopted and sent to England from Jamaica by white missionary benefactors and returns to her home village of Banana Bottom seven years later a beautiful, cultured young lady. Despite the evangelical guidance of her foster parents and friendship with a white squire, Bita is increasingly drawn to the vitality of her more natural culture with its festivals, superstitions, revival meetings, and passionate courtships. |
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... Nommy became with child and gave birth to a boy . Anty Nommy named one of the near - backra of Gingertown , but the father disowned the act , so Bita's mother had taken the child to Banana Bottom to leave her sister free to work . It ...
... Nommy became with child and gave birth to a boy . Anty Nommy named one of the near - backra of Gingertown , but the father disowned the act , so Bita's mother had taken the child to Banana Bottom to leave her sister free to work . It ...
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... Nommy to consult well - known doctors in the city . But she had never found a cure and so the sick- ness had become chronic . Sister Phibby Patroll had come to the house and installed herself as nurse as soon as she heard of Anty Nommy's ...
... Nommy to consult well - known doctors in the city . But she had never found a cure and so the sick- ness had become chronic . Sister Phibby Patroll had come to the house and installed herself as nurse as soon as she heard of Anty Nommy's ...
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... Nommy demanded of Hopping Dick if he was also in love with Bita and he admitted that he was . Anty Nommy said that ... Nommy's decision and was confused , said that she was ready to be married immediately . But Hopping Dick was trapped ...
... Nommy demanded of Hopping Dick if he was also in love with Bita and he admitted that he was . Anty Nommy said that ... Nommy's decision and was confused , said that she was ready to be married immediately . But Hopping Dick was trapped ...
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Angus Craig Anty Nommy asked Banana Bottom Belle Black Bita Bita's brown Bull's Hoof Busha Glengley Buxton Hall cakes Cane River child coffee colony colour coolies Crazy Bow cried dancing Delgado dray Evan Vaughan face father feeling felt flowers Free Church ginger ginger beer Gingertown girl hand Herald Newton Herald Newton Day Hopping Dick horse Jacob Brown Jamaica Jordan Plant Jubban Jubilee kiss Kojo Jeems lady living Malcolm Craig married Marse Arthur Miss Lambert mission Muggling mules NAB O T T O M native Negro never Nommy's Obeah Obeahman Panama Patou peasants person Priscilla Craig queen Reverend Lambert Revival Rosyanna singing Sister Phibby spirit Squire Gensir supple-jacks Tack Tally talk tea-meeting Teacher Fearon thing thought town tree tree ferns turned veranda village wedding woman women Wumba yams Yoni Yoni's young youse