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Homegoing author5/27/2023 ![]() Homegoing follows two half sisters – Effia and Esi who live in 18 th century Ghana and the generations after them, making Effia and Esi the matriarchs of dual lineages. Homegoing was an emotional read – throughout! I started reading during the wake of the horrific Alton Sterling and Philando Castile police shootings of early July, so you can imagine how haunting these real life events paralleled with this particular historical fiction, which focuses on the legacy of slavery in America and Ghana. ![]() ![]() I might have to re-read Powder Necklace and review it on this platform soon! The only book I’ve read that somewhat touches on the identity complexities of being Ghanaian by blood and American (or British) by birth, was Powder Necklace by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (another awesome Ghanaian-American writer). I never thought I’d read a book that perfectly articulates the dynamics of being Ghanaian-American. I honestly thought Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah hit home for me back in 2013 when I read it. Yaa Gyasi’s debut – Homegoing, is historical fiction at its best. ![]() Extraordinary for its exquisite language, its implacable sorrow, its soaring beauty, and for its monumental portrait of the forces that shape families and nations, Homegoing heralds the arrival of a major new voice in contemporary fiction. A novel of breathtaking sweep and emotional power that traces three hundred years in Ghana and along the way also becomes a truly great American novel. ![]()
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