Article archive / December 2019
Originally published: . Volume 10, No. 12. Source pages: 15.
Homegoing byYaa Gyasi
Marva Lewis, PhD Associate Professor, Tulane University Violence Prevention Institute
The author, born in Ghana and reared in Huntsville, AL, tells the interwoven stories of 8 generations of a family that began with two sisters captured in Africa and forced into slavery at the beginning of the mid-Atlantic slave trade. One sister is taken to the United States and one remains in Africa.
The book then tells the stories of their descendants -those who were taken and those who stayed – over the span of 8 generations. The book has won the National Book Critics Circle/John Leonard Award among other awards and acclaim.
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