Maya Conquistador strong female protagonist as well as the curse

as well as the curse of our eternal divisions and conflicts

and determination to prevail against entrenched corporate interests and politicized government bureaucracies

whether from sunspots or orbital wobbles or the depredations of humans

and the thousand and one ways in which racism continues to circumscribe how Black people see themselves and treat one another

I’ve been practicing their strategies

Maya Conquistador strong female protagonist as well as the curseAuthor Contributor(s): Restall, Matthew Publisher: Beacon Press Date: 8 30 1999 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Exploring firsthand accounts written by Maya nobles from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries many of them previously untranslated Restall offers the first Maya account of the conquest. The story holds surprising twists: The conquistadors were not only Spaniards but also Mayas, reconstructing their own governance and society, and