Bouki Fait Gombo

Bouki Fait Gombo: A History of the Slave Community of Habitation Haydel (Whitney Plantation) Louisiana, 1750-1860 by Ibrahima Seck

Bouki Fait Gombo discusses the history of slavery through the story of Whitney Plantation in the German Coast area of Louisiana. Dr. Ibrahima Seck, a Sengalese historian, is is the Research Director at Whitney Plantation, the only plantation in Louisiana which tells its story from the point of view of the slaves who once lived there.