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Homegoing

November 18, 2016
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

This novel starts with two sisters Effia and Esi in the Gold Coast on very different paths in life. While Effia marries a colonial soldier, Esi is sold into slavery and shipped to America.

Homegoing tells their stories and the generations’ to follow; stories of slavery, colonialism, life in America after slavery, the birth of Ghana and the plights of people of colour in Ghana and the USA.

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