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56 pages 1 hour read

The Salt Eaters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

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How does the novel explore internal and external aspects of mental health issues in Black communities?

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What are the factions, or camps, within the activist groups in the novel? How does the splintering into factions affect the work that these groups take on? How does Bambara use individual characters to represent real-life differences in political/activist ideologies?

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What issues related to having a uterus are brought up in the novel? How do they impact and/or complicate the lives of women in the novel? How do they impact Black activism?

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