Homegoing
Project LEARN Category
E - Educate
A - Acknowledge
Intended Audience(s)
Theme/Focus
Activism
Racism
Lived Experiences
Book Details
Author: Yaa Gyasi
Publication Year: 2017
Pages: 320 pages
Book Synopsis
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.