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Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, spanning three continents and seven generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a gripping story of a vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself. Epic and intimate, Homegoing is a searing and profound debut!
„Homegoing“ is the story of two half-sisters, Effia and Esi, and their descendants. One sister remains on the African Gold Coast (now Ghana) and marries a British soldier involved in slave trading, one is sold into slavery to America.
Yaa Gyasi's debut novel got a lot of hype in the last year and it is well deserved in my opinion. She manages to cover 300 years of slavery and colonialism in Africa and the U.S. through describing the fates of a handful of characters. A very ambitious...
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