Turtle Bogue: Afro-Caribbean Life and Culture in a Costa Rican Village Drawn & Quarterly Common's personal stories act as

Common's personal stories act as the backbone of his book

Sawyer was a troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school before taking his own life

troubling distance between her and Neil

proffering a healing vision for the land and for the newly free citizens of Old Ox

Turtle Bogue: Afro-Caribbean Life and Culture in a Costa Rican Village Drawn & Quarterly Common's personal stories act asThis study records an oral history and ethnography of the Afro Caribbean individuals and families who settled in Tortuguero, a small village in northeastern Costa Rica. It is the product of nine months of field work in Costa Rica by the author and subsequent library research in the United States. The purpose of the study is twofold: (1) to describe and analyze the Afro Caribbean social structure, cultural life, and ethnic identity within Tortuguero,