Coolie Woman
In 1903, a Brahmin woman sailed from India to Guiana as a
‘coolie’ – the British name for indentured labourers who replaced
the newly emancipated slaves on sugar plantations all around the
world. Pregnant and travelling alone, this woman, like so many of
the indentured, disappeared into history. Now, in Coolie Woman,
her great-granddaughter Gaiutra Bahadur embarks on a journey into
the past to find her....
In 1903, a Brahmin woman sailed from India to Guiana as a
‘coolie’ – the British name for indentured labourers who replaced
the newly emancipated slaves on sugar plantations all around the
world. Pregnant and travelling alone, this woman, like so many of
the indentured, disappeared into history. Now, in Coolie Woman,
her great-granddaughter Gaiutra Bahadur embarks on a journey into
the past to find her....
