In Nāki’s Wake
In 1832, a woman named Caṅkari Nāki died in Ceylon, and her descendants have been haunted by a curse ever since. One of the first converts of the American Ceylon Mission, Nāki was part of an enslaved caste community unique to the island, and one of the few oppressed-caste members of the mission. The...
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Brandeis University Library
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Caste |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.library.brandeis.edu/index.php/caste/article/view/117 |