"In 1621, Dutch East India Company soldiers went on a genocidal rampage in the Banda Islands, a tiny archipelago that at the time produced the world’s entire supply of once-lucrative nutmeg. In the fate of those islanders massacred for a tree, and in the exploitation that ensued, Ghosh spies the seeds of today’s climate crisis, reframing colonialism as “the project of muting and subduing the Earth”. It’s a powerful, personal polemic in which storytelling plays an essential role. Ghosh also has a solution to propose, one that requires us to summon radical empathy and draw deep on indigenous beliefs from around the world."
Review by Hephzibah Anderson Sun 26 Sep 2021
For an interview with the author: https://emergencemagazine.org/interview/beings-seen-and-unseen/
The book is available on Loot: https://www.loot.co.za/product/amitav-ghosh-the-nutmeg-s-curse/dfnn-7149-g590
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