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“…in a sudden gush.”
“…a slight nick…”
“The child was removed…”
“…squeezed until it contracted.”
“…to drain from her body.”
“…highly polished iron spikes…”
“…a mash of pulped roots…”
“One suture was removed…”
“Felkin left Bunyoro…”
“…complex medical practices…”
“…in calm, careful concert?”
“…the arrival of Europeans…”
“In the 1980s…”
“…in a sudden gush.”
“Notes on Labour in Central Africa,” Robert Felkin, Edinburgh Medical Journal, Vol. 29, No. 10, April 1884, p. 35.
“…a slight nick…”
“The Development of ‘Scientific’ Medicine in the African Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitaram,” J.N.P. Davies, Medical History, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 1959, p. 51.
“The child was removed…”
“Notes on Labour in Central Africa,” Robert Felkin, Edinburgh Medical Journal, Vol. 29, No. 10, April 1884, p. 35.
“…squeezed until it contracted.”
“Notes on Labour in Central Africa,” Robert Felkin, Edinburgh Medical Journal, Vol. 29, No. 10, April 1884, p. 35.
“…to drain from her body.”
“Notes on Labour in Central Africa,” Robert Felkin, Edinburgh Medical Journal, Vol. 29, No. 10, April 1884, p. 35.
“…highly polished iron spikes…”
Detail of an illustration from Felkin’s article. See “…Henry LeVert…,” above, for the obvious connection to the story of Sims and Anarcha.
“Notes on Labour in Central Africa,” Robert Felkin, Edinburgh Medical Journal, Vol. 29, No. 10, April 1884, p. 35.
“…a mash of pulped roots…”
“Notes on Labour in Central Africa,” Robert Felkin, Edinburgh Medical Journal, Vol. 29, No. 10, April 1884, p. 35.
“One suture was removed…”
“Notes on Labour in Central Africa,” Robert Felkin, Edinburgh Medical Journal, Vol. 29, No. 10, April 1884, p. 36.
“Felkin left Bunyoro…”
“Notes on Labour in Central Africa,” Robert Felkin, Edinburgh Medical Journal, Vol. 29, No. 10, April 1884, p. 36.
“…complex medical practices…”
See “…banana wine,” “…squeezed until it contracted,” “…drain from her body…,” and “…highly polished iron spikes…,” above.
“…in calm, careful concert?”
“The Development of ‘Scientific’ Medicine in the African Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitaram,” J.N.P. Davies, Medical History, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 1959, p. 56.
“…the arrival of Europeans…”
“The Development of ‘Scientific’ Medicine in the African Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitaram,” J.N.P. Davies, Medical History, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 1959, p. 57.
“In the 1980s…”
This biographical portrait of Alice Emasu is compiled mainly from interviews with Emasu herself, along with a few other sources. This version is very similar to a heavily fact-checked version of the same story that was included in my essay “The Cry of Alice,” published in The Baffler. To avoid excessive self-citation in this illustrated bibliography, please consult the original article, here:
https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-cry-of-alice-hallman