![]() yali, kum buba tambe.” With those words, Sarah remembers her ability to fly, and soon she and her baby are lifted into the sky. ![]() In Hamilton’s telling of the tale, a young slave mother, Sarah, is whipped by the overseer while she is working in the fields with her baby on her back.Īn elderly slave, Toby, helps her up and whispers the magic words to her: “Kum. One of the most magical stories I know, the tale of the flying Africans is told throughout African-descended communities in the western hemisphere. ![]() ![]() These whispered words are at the heart of Virginia Hamilton’s telling of the tale of the flying Africans. ![]()
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