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This ship is like hell but worse. In the air there is a  sent of death that is spreading around the vast emptiness. Its like an oven in here because the temperature is so high and the conditions are atrocious . Constantly people moaning and groaning. This is repulsive it’s like a slater house. How do you think I can bear with a scene like this?

The dread of nigh time below the decks is awful. Whines and whimpers every millisecond. The stench is like a skunk. Silence defended me. On this boat days turn into weeks (it feels like months)However night time is the time to be safe-the night stalkers leave me alone.

The ship arrived at an unknown place after many months at sea. Soon we were dragged ashore .Beaming down from the sky was the blinding sunlight that messed with my eyes , all I could see were dancing silhouetted figures in my head. Amazingly my eyesight corrected itself. Stood before me were ‘bags of bones’ that have seen been risen from the death and I was one of them. Weighted down by shackles

signal

Doors open

Panic

White men run

Poked

Whipped

Dragged

Chained

Wretched

Pain

Branded

Weighted

Sold

I’ve been on this plantation for a few years now. Endless grind on Tobacco. Separated from my family at the sale. Its better being on the ship because you wouldn’t be lying on rough wood planks(I should be grateful for myself). The only time when we get rest is at night. Is this right? I don’t know where we are we have been dragged across the world.

It’s been a struggle tonight on the decks constant beating. Slowly floating of to sleep I heard an African chant with my sensitive ears. Suddenly it brung back memories from a story.

A long time ago I remember a African tale being told by a villager elder in my homeland…..

This story is all about a little determinant boy called Kirikou

Karaba is a very powerful, wicked and very beautiful women. She absolutely despises children. All of the problems were caused by her she’s a mean machine if she was really frustrated she would turn you into a random object. The reason why Karaba is evil is because she had a poisonous thorn put into the centre of her back. Her slaves are robots witch are called fetishes. This deranged mad woman caused so much pain.

Karabas slaves are called fetishes’ like minions. Before being robots they were men that had been turned into objects by the sorceresses’ mental deeds. These old fashioned robots completed every single of her needs and wishes.

Kirikou began his journey to overcome evil. The small brave boy used many camouflaged ways to his path to victory. Kirikou is a fearless warrior in fact he’s a superhero for saving everyone. However he finds a way to unveil the sorceress (by pulling out the poisonous thorn in the centre of her back)

In the end Kirikou and the sorceress kiss which causes them to be a couple and Kirikou to be a man. Finally they got married. Resilience can overcome anything.         

Slavery life

Opening my eyes to the sight of hundreds of stinking bodies crammed closely together.  I was unable to move my limbs felt heavy and ached after being rapidly wiped every day. I just want to die!

The nigh time was the only time that I felt safe even though through total darkness fall over the ship like a blanket. I heard the waves splashing against the deck and tasted the salt of the breeze on my face. The air was filled with the constant sounds of moans and groan.

When we arrived I couldn’t see anything I’d been inside for so long, I was toally blinded by the brilliant sunshine on deck. Everyone appeared like zombies and skeletons rising form the dead in chains.

Doors opening

Approached

Whipped

Poked

Teased

Screamed at

Pandemonium

Distraught

Agitated

Weighed

Sold

Branded

I have been living on this plantation for over 5 years now and it’s driving me mad!

Each day is the same harvesting sugar cane… I have to sleep in a smelly cramp dogs kennel outside. As soon as the sun rise. Iam tired and aching not knowing if I will be able to last another day. The beatings are constant don’t like harvesting.

Many years ago in my old homeland I can remember a story about a little boy called Kirikou was small and incredibly brave.

Karaba was an evil and powerful sorceress who hated men and women and often hurt the villager by stealing their gold and causing drought. If they didn’t do as she ordered. She sent her robotic shapoes called fetished to burn down their huts. All the villages suffered. Fetishes are fearless robots who obey her without questioning.

Kirikou began his adventure to overcome evil magic . He found a determined way to stop Karaba and disguised as a bird he pulls a poisonous thorn form her back.

In the end Kirikou kisses Karaba and both turn into  a couple  who marry and live happily ever after. This shows that determination and resilience can overcome anything

This place is horrible it must be hell. You have been pulled from your family they might have been killed right in front of you, they torture you and put chains around your necks and arms and legs the smell is horrible we had no water or food

Everybody was crying and screaming they had saw legs and all over his body we get slop for food the sellers get good meals and drinks we all want revenge on all of them they are really cruel they get good food why not us.

People look like skeletons you could see all the ribs they had no water the sun blinded me the sun was so hot I was crowed they look like zombies they was no room at all. I want revenge on them all they are awful to all of us.

Dragged

Fighting

Worried

Moaning

Bad

People

Sad

Hungry

Angry

Crying

Revenge

I’ve had been here for over five years. You been battered day after day if you do something bad you will get separated from your family they sold the children you get a bit of food and water endless toil it is very lonely you have no family

At night you can take a brake you work so hard you don’t give up at all you keep trying. I must be dreaming because I’m starting to remember a story called kirikou

A long time ago they were a story called kirikou and they was an evil sorceress she didn’t like children and despised men she stole gold from people.

The problem was Krabara she hated every one despised men and women and hated children she is really powerful she could get anything she wanted she’s got a thorn in her back she turned men in to objects and she stole gold from people she is greedy and mean to everybody she had slaves

Kirikou overcame evil and pulls out the thorn from her back and saves the village and becomes a man and Marys the sorceress

By Jordan

I could taste the blood from the wounded slaves, there were mountains of corpses scattered over this ship. I won’t make it through my life like this. There has to be a mutiny, as people are becoming lunch for sharks.

I’ve been on this ship night and day, I never got any sleep with everyone groaning and screaming people have parasites and disease I miss my family wherever there are.  

I woke up and I started to get whipped then I saw something that could have given me a heart attack. Everyone were like zombies! And I was one of the flesh eating monsters, but I realized that we haven’t eaten in days or maybe weeks even months.

Doors open

Panic

Signal

Beaten

Broken

Imprisoned

Wretched

Bidders

Vengeance

I have been in this plantation for half a decade five years of injury and punishment. Separated from my family I’ve seen people being hanged and crows picking eye balls from the corpses. But this is better than the ship except the execution I am so tired I never did so much work in my entire life also the corpses I would rather die than see the owners shout at us. 

With all the work I fell asleep and I heard my parents telling me the story of Kirikou.

This story was told for generations and it was a good vs evil battle and it started in my home land  

He was a small, heroic African boy whose determination saved the day. He used cunning and disguise to keep himself alive

The evil master in the story was a sorceress called Karaba, she wanted to make every one suffer she turns men into objects and making people think she ate the men and the reason why is because there’s something in her back that made her evil.  

The slaves who served the sorceress where called fetishes there just like minions they do what karaba commands.  

When kirikou began his adventure he overcomed the evil sorceress and began to save the village from the fetishes and the sorceress he killed a giant monster that was drinking the water although he almost drowned. He dug underground to see his grandfather

Eventually he turned the sorceress good, she kissed him in the lips and he turned into a man and they became a happy couple.

This tale has a moral don’t let evil people get in your way, if they do don’t ever give up to defeat them.

Max

Life as a slave

Slavery life

Opening my eyes to the sight of hundreds of stinking bodies crammed closely together.  I was unable to move my limbs felt heavy and ached after being rapidly wiped every day. I just want to die!

The nigh time was the only time that I felt safe even though through total darkness fall over the ship like a blanket. I heard the waves splashing against the deck and tasted the salt of the breeze on my face. The air was filled with the constant sounds of moans and groan.

When we arrived I couldn’t see anything I’d been inside for so long, I was toally blinded by the brilliant sunshine on deck. Everyone appeared like zombies and skeletons rising form the dead in chains.

Doors opening

Approached

Whipped

Poked

Teased

Screamed at

Pandemonium

Distraught

Agitated

Weighed

Sold

Branded

I have been living on this plantation for over 5 years now and it’s driving me mad!

Each day is the same harvesting sugar cane… I have to sleep in a smelly cramp dogs kennel outside. As soon as the sun rise. Iam tired and aching not knowing if I will be able to last another day. The beatings are constant don’t like harvesting.

Many years ago in my old homeland I can remember a story about a little boy called Kirikou was small and incredibly brave.

Karaba was an evil and powerful sorceress who hated men and women and often hurt the villager by stealing their gold and causing drought. If they didn’t do as she ordered. She sent her robotic shapes called fetishes to burn down their huts. All the villages suffered. Fetishes are fearless robots who obey her without questioning.

Kirikou began his adventure to overcome evil magic . He found a determined way to stop Karaba and disguised as a bird he pulls a poisonous thorn form her back.

In the end Kirikou kisses Karaba and both turn into  a couple  who marry and live happily ever after. This shows that determination and resilience can overcome anything

A slave’s life

Why am I on this terrible ship? The sight is unbelievable, strange people moaning and groaning all around me. The smell has become unbearable, dead bodies’ rotting everywhere. The heat has become so intolerable; someone take me away from this place! It’s so uncomfortable down here, I feel as if I’m suffocating. It’s so cramped in this room. How will I go on…..?

The night times are lonely but peaceful. All the horrid people will be fast asleep through the dreamless night. However the night stalkers poked and prodded every one every hour although for some reason they left me. Whimpers and screams  often echoed from room to room. How long had I been on this ship? Someone, help.

When the ship finally docked in an unknown place, we stood up for the first time in months. Everyone looked like walking corpses rising from the graves, even the little ones with leather like skin we were so emaciated. The sunlight blinded me. My eyes took a while to adjust in the day

light. Carefully but cautiously, we staggered onto solid ground one by one while our chains rattle. My sight started returning I can see silhouetted figures, bags of bones red infected eyes how awful.

The sale

Doors open

Approach daylight

Panic

White men running

Signal

Whipped

Newly chained

Dragged

Weighed

Revenge

Whining

Branded

Pain

Shouting

Distraught

Pushing

        SOLD…….

I have been at the plantation as a slave for 4 years now separated from my family at the slave sale. Endless toil at the sugar cane fields. It’s better than being on the ship so I suppose I should be grateful, I don’t like it here and I want to go home. The only time I get to rest is at night when its bed time, even then we have to get up early. Why are they torturing us? Well at least there’s three other slaves here.

There have been many beatings, often for the wrong reasons. I start to drift into a long and lonely sleep,  I start to hear African drums banging In my head. Now I remember my mother telling me a story in the village, yes I remember the story of Kiraku a story of inspiration…

Karaba is an evil sorcerous. The reason is she has got a thorn stuck in the centre of her back this turned Karaba evil. She despises women, hates men and dislikes children. karaba Is a beautiful woman even though she’s very evil. She turns men into objects and robot slaves. Karaba always stands straight not showing her back (because of the thorn). This causes her inconsiderable pain.

Karabas slaves were called fetishes. Men turned into robots. They were fearless slaves like loyal dogs. They obeyed without questioning her. The fetishes guarded her day and night.

Kiraku brought himself into the world. He began his adventure when he found out about the evil sorcerous karaba. kiraku wanted to pull the poisoned thorn out of karabas back. After that he asked the nice karaba to kiss him and he turned into a grown up. He told the village about what happened but they didn’t believe him. All the fetishes turned into men again.

Karaba and kiraku eventually got married and lived happily ever after. This story shows determination and courage therefor you must rise against evil.

Katie Harrison

I lay motionless feeling wretched and weak because we hadn’t been given any food yet we were crammed in below deck like bodies in coffins. The heat was unbearable the stench was horrible, blood and mucus filled the air.

The night came as it always did; it was the only time I looked forward to so I could escape to my dreams. Every   night was filled with moans and groans. The rocking of the ship sent me to sleep.

On arrival after weeks and months at sea . I could not see because of the beaming bight sun blinding me. Suddenly I got choked in to a smelly rotten discoing room.

The sale

Doors opening

Terrified

Whipped

Panic

Herded

Dragged

Chained

Bidders

Shouting

Branded

Weighed

SOLD

I have been on this sugar plantation for years now. The days seem endless   and I miss my family every day.

Along time ago I remember sitting around the tried tree with all the elders telling tales, the tale I enjoy the most was a tale called karaoke.

Kaaba was an evil woman who wanted to Couse as much suffering to the villagers as possible. She hated the men and the women, children and a man .she took away water supply and turned the men into solve and stole the women’s gold.

Karabas slaves were men turned into fetishes, They didn’t ever she said no matter what .they just like robots, one of the fetishes watched everything from the top of the mountain.

Kirikuo is like a super hero karakul kissed she and he turned into a man karaba and karakul got married in the end.

by Melissa