History and Familial Lineage Take Center Stage in Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Homegoing begins in eighteenth-century Ghana and spans several centuries (eight generations!) to follow the generational line of Maame, an Asante woman. Maame has two daughters. She gives birth to Effia while she is enslaved by the Fante and gives birth to Esi after she escapes to Asanteland. Effia marries an …