- Post-colonialism novella
- Alludes to Dante's Inferno and Garden of Eden
- Jungle - Eden, Congo - Hell
- Frameshift narrative: story told within a story
- 3 phases of womanhood
- Maiden - "the intended"
- Mother - aunt
- Crone - old knitting women
- Knitting black wool: African hair: company exploits Africans for profit
- Russian: dressed in motley - jester
- African woman: earth mother; embodiment of Congo
Chinua Achebe Essay: don't remember much, sorry.
Apocalypse Now: Heart of Darkness in Vietnam
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