2024-07-21 - Of One Blood by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
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To use pop culture references, this book reminded me of the
Black Panther movie and also of Indiana Jones.  I enjoyed the
elements of adventure and travel in this story.  The protagonist is a
white-passing African American man named Reuel, which is Hebrew for
Friend Of God.  The book brings to mind the Lost World genre, and i
read it described as Afrotopian.  It was a relatively quick read.

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From the Wikipedia article about this novel:

The novel's title was inspired by Acts 17:26 in the Bible:

> Of one blood I made all nations of man to dwell upon the whole face
> of the earth (...) No man can draw the dividing line between the
> two races, for they are both of one blood!

And to quote the novel itself:

> Caste prejudice, race pride, boundless wealth, scintillating
> intellects refined by all the arts of the intellectual world, are
> but puppets in His hand, for His promises stand, and He will prove
> His words, "Of one blood have I made all races of men."

author: Hopkins, Pauline E. (Pauline Elizabeth)
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LOC:    PS1999.H4226 O36
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