Homegoing is the debut historical fiction novel by Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2016.

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 …

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May 2, 2017 · One of Oprah’s Best Books of the Year, Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of …

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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is a powerful historical novel that traces two sisters and their descendants across Ghana and America, exploring slavery, colonialism, and generational trauma.

It lived off the air; it slept in caves and hid in trees; it burned, up and through, unconcerned with what wreckage it left behind, until it reached an Asante village. There, it disappeared,...

Jun 7, 2016 · In Homegoing, a first novel that brims with compassion, writer Yaa Gyasi begins where the horrific Middle Passage began for so many, at the "glowing white" Castle, one of about forty …

May 2, 2017 · One of Oprah’s Best Books of the Year, Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of …