I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem - SDS Choice for February 2015

Sisters of the Desert Sun reads Maryse Conde's incredible novel, "I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem" for February.   Author of such famous works as Segu and Heremakhonon, Maryse Conde is an incredible artist, weaving work of a profound nature.  Bringing stories of the diaspora to life, Conde speaks to depth of our soul, sharing painful truths and amazing triumphs through characters we can never forget.

From the Publisher

This wild and entertaining novel expands on the true story of the West Indian slave Tituba, who was accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, arrested in 1692, and forgotten in jail until the general amnesty for witches two years later. Maryse Condé brings Tituba out of historical silence and creates for her a fictional childhood, adolescence, and old age. She turns her into what she calls "a sort of female hero, an epic heroine, like the legendary ‘Nanny of the maroons,’" who, schooled in the sorcery and magical ritual of obeah, is arrested for healing members of the family that owns her.