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12-13-24 


Homegoing: A Novel

by
Yaa Gyasi



AInternational Bestseller


Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery.



 


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 Mississippi, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasi’s extraordinary novel illuminates slavery’s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed—and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.

Click here to download a free PDF of this book.





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Date and Time

Friday, December 13, 2024, 11:00 AM

Location

Virtual via Zoom.
USA

Videoconference information will be provided in an email once payment is received.

Event Contact(s)

Bradette Jepsen

Category

Social Functions

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