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'Zine by Pagan Kennedy6/29/2023 Kennedy at Starbucks, in the heart of Somerville’s Davis Square- a stone’s throw from downtown Boston. Sheppard exposed the cruelties of the Belgian colonists, and worked to dispel the “savage” stereotype of native African tribes, that was rampant in white Europe. This book concerns the experiences of a black American missionary, William Sheppard, who traveled to the Congo in the late 19th century. Kennedy has just completed an accomplished work of nonfiction entitled: BLACK LIVINGSTONE: A TRUE TALE OF ADVENTURE IN THE NINETEENTH- CENTURY CONGO. This writer, who has written about everything from Rock musicians in the hardscrabble hoods of Boston, to two eccentric spinsters who hit the road, has taken a new direction in her writing. Pagan Kennedy, a critically acclaimed Somerville, Massachusets novelist, once described the city she calls home as, ” a rock and roll, Vietnamese student neighborhood part of Boston…” Much like Somerville itself, Kennedy has changed a bit since then. This is an interview I conducted with Pagan Kennedy for The Somerville Times back in 2002.
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