Zong! Sheila O'Hagan Refusing to be hurried

Refusing to be hurried

and Moroccan poet Hassan Najmi

and the solidity of language is broken

Cremin has dipped her toe in many pies but it’s more than fair to say that poetry has been kind to her since she moved to Brighton for a year in 1996

and as such

Zong! Sheila O'Hagan Refusing to be hurriedIn November, 1781, the captain of the slave ship Zong ordered that some 150 Africans be murdered by drowning so that the ships owners could collect insurance monies. Relying entirely on the words of the legal decision Gregson vs Gilbertthe only extant public document related to the massacre of these African slaves Zong! tells the story that cannot be told yet must be told. Equal parts song, moan, shout, oath, ululation, curse, and chant, Zong!