A Escrava Isaura 7.46 · 7.46

Rosa's whole answer is a face — a click of the tongue and a curled lip. She will not argue with the old woman, but she will not repent either. The two African-rooted words for the gesture (muchocho, from Kimbundu) carry the senzala's own body-language of contempt, untranslatable and exact.

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