‘Homegoing’ is a powerful dive into history and the impact of slavery, told through one family’s story

Toward the end of her debut novel, Homegoing, author Yaa Gyasi drops an indictment of how we document the past:

“This is the problem of history. We cannot know that which we were not there to see and hear and experience for ourselves. We must rely upon the words of others … when you study history, you must always ask yourself, Whose story am I missing? Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth?”

In a lot of ways, this is also the perfect summary of Homegoing, which offers a dive into history and family by exploring unheard and under-discussed narratives of the past. Read more…

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