銀獎Caldecott Medal Honor

Freedom in Congo Square (2017 Caldecott Honor Book)
出版社： Simon & Schuster, Inc.
書林書號：
20214159
作者：
Weatherford, Carole Boston/ Christie, R. Gregory
定價：
630
會員價：
$536
ISBN：
9781499801033
出版年份：
2016
裝訂：
精裝
總頁數：
0
  • 本書介紹
【在苦難中也唱出傲人歌聲，剛果廣場上的音樂傳唱至今】凱迪克得獎繪本
Freedom in Congo Square 

Congo Square（剛果廣場）是一個位於紐奧良阿姆斯壯公園（Louis Armstrong Park）內的廣場，那個地區也是紐奧良黑人音樂的搖籃。十八世紀，該區的黑人在法國以及西班牙的殖民下過著奴隸生活，從日出工作到日落。一週間僅僅有週日下午短暫的半天可以自由活動。1817年又將活動區域僅限於Congo Square以便管理，成為黑人僅能群聚的場地。
但本書並不是要說沉重悲傷的故事，而是在深沉背後衍發出的欣欣希望。黑人的強韌生命意志，與流在血液裡的自由奔放的藝術節奏，悄悄開始地在這廣場上演、孕育。即使他們回不了原本的家園，被強迫踏上異國土地，又被強迫付出無酬勞的勞力；一年中大約有26天，他們是自由的，儘管只是在一部分特別劃出的土地上。
這塊廣場濃縮支撐著他們每個人的各種天賦；唱歌、跳舞、演奏樂器、打鼓，鼓出家鄉的隆隆韻律，唱出悠悠藍色鄉愁；新的音樂風格也就此誕生。他們不願被歸類成受人奴役的種族，他們創造出自己的音樂與文化，在苦難底下仍唱出歡欣的歌，這就是Congo Square的代表意義與精神。

◎凱迪克得獎繪本必收，不可錯過的傑作
◎自由得來不易，認識種族議題，放眼世界各處

2017 Caldecott Honor

2017 Coretta Scott King Honor

2017 Charlotte Zolotow Award 

A 2016 New York Times Best Illustrated Book 

This poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human’s capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedom’s heart.

Mondays, there were hogs to slop,

mules to train, and logs to chop.

Slavery was no ways fair.

Six more days to Congo Square.

As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday, when at least for half a day they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. Here they were free to set up an open market, sing, dance, and play music. They were free to forget their cares, their struggles, and their oppression. This story chronicles slaves' duties each day, from chopping logs on Mondays to baking bread on Wednesdays to plucking hens on Saturday, and builds to the freedom of Sundays and the special experience of an afternoon spent in Congo Square. This book will have a forward from Freddi Williams Evans (freddievans.com), a historian and Congo Square expert, as well as a glossary of terms with pronunciations and definitions.
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