Abstract:
This study traces the lives of the Akhdam community and Muzzynin in the Yemeni novel Black Taste …
Black Smell by Ali Almuqri. The study also shows the severe situation of the suffering of the blacks
(Akhdam) in terms of marginalization, oppression, degradation, humiliation and racial exclusion.
Akhdam community is the group that has been excluded from their basic human rights. They have
faced unique human rights violations and escaping poverty. They have also faced various forms of
discrimination in employment, land ownership, education, access to healthcare and basic services …
etc. The novel Black Taste … Black Smell is the first literary work which raises the muted voice of
Akhdam and Muzzynin in Yemeni society. The humanistic vision in the novel Black Taste … Black
Smell is presented through raising the voice of Akhdam in Yemen. Akhdam minority also have
languished at the margins of society, suffering a persistent discrimination, lack of equality and justice.
The study reflects their rights as guaranteed by the Yemeni Law and constitution to exist and to live
freely as other white people in Yemeni society. The paper also examines disdainable and contempt;
and forced marginalization practiced against Akhdam. It reflects the nature of domination practiced by
the mainstream society. The study concludes that Akhdam suffer all kinds of marginalization and racial
discrimination faced by the black minority in all aspects of life. |
