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Episode 4:
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
long shot of the audience gathered around to take part in the discussion
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A story that cannot be told, yet must be told. Zong! and its context

A story that cannot be told, yet must be told. Zong! and its context

A conversation between Philip and Moten: how do we read NourbeSe’s anti-narrative poetic lament in Glasgow today, given the city’s role in the history of slavery?

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In November 1781, the captain of the slave ship Zong, sailing from Liverpool, ordered that some 150 Africans be murdered by drowning, so that the ship’s owners could collect insurance monies. Equal parts song, moan, shout, oath, ululation, curse, and chant, NourbeSe’s anti-narrative poetic lament “Zong!” tells this story that cannot be told, yet must be told. How, given the city’s role in the history of slavery, might we read this poem in Glasgow today?

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M. NourbeSe Philip Fred Moten at Duke University

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M. NourbSe Philips holds a book and reads a poem by a white brick wall

▴ Credit: Bryony McIntyre

M. NourbSe Philips holds a book and reads a poem by a white brick wall

▴ Credit: Bryony McIntyre

long shot of the audience gathered around to take part in the discussion

▴ Credit: Bryony McIntyre

Fred Moten speaks, the shot is taken through two rows of audience members

▴ Credit: Bryony McIntyre

M. NourbSe Philips and Fred Moten sit next to each other during the talk

▴ Credit: Bryony McIntyre

M. NourbSe Philips and Fred Moten sit next to each other during the talk

▴ Credit: Bryony McIntyre

M. NourbSe Philips holds a book and reads a poem by a white brick wall

▴ Credit: Bryony McIntyre

M. NourbSe Philips holds a book and reads a poem by a white brick wall

▴ Credit: Bryony McIntyre

long shot of the audience gathered around to take part in the discussion

▴ Credit: Bryony McIntyre

Fred Moten speaks, the shot is taken through two rows of audience members

▴ Credit: Bryony McIntyre

M. NourbSe Philips and Fred Moten sit next to each other during the talk

▴ Credit: Bryony McIntyre

M. NourbSe Philips and Fred Moten sit next to each other during the talk

▴ Credit: Bryony McIntyre

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