Yaa Gyasi: Homegoing

Born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, Yaa Gyasi has written a debut work that embraces her extended world in all its complexity. Tracing the descendants of two sisters torn apart in eighteenth-century Africa, Homegoing is a riveting, kaleidoscopic novel about race, history, ancestry, love, and time. Stretching from the wars of Ghana to the coal mines of the American South to twentieth-century Harlem, Gyasi’s tale captures the troubled spirit of our nation.

This program was recorded on Saturday, Oct 29, as part of Chicago Humanities Festival's Fallfest/16: Speed.

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[missabyssinia]

I cried a lot reading this book yet I didn’t want the story to end. Thank you Yaa for birthing this inspiring novel! 🙏🏾

[sharondavis]

Her books will change you and resonate with your soul memory.

[opalvibration]

As a Ghanaian American, both of Yaa’s book have changed me fundamentally

[phillylilmermaid]

Just read this book for our book club and was blown away. Can’t believe this was her first novel.

[essendossev]

What a thoughtful interview. Thoughtful questions, thoughtful answers.

[missbabyloved]

Ayikoo 👏🏽 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭😂🇬🇭🇬🇭Miss Yaa Gyasi. Well done ✅ dear. ❤️❤️💃🏼😘😘🇬🇭🇬🇭😘🇬🇭🇬🇭

[lebokgangsurprise]

This Video helps me understand the connection between the fiction of the novel and the historical realities behind the construction of the Novel.

[ejs]

It was such an easy and interesting reading. My husband visited Ghana a while back and I almost could see his descriptions and her stories alive as I read this book. It was amazing.

[musicisme]

This book is so good. It made me cry 😢

[grapesyrop]

the way she writes this novel was brilliant

[thecalmwayhome]

I love how she’s her beautiful, natural self.🌷

[unnimayavinod]

Yaa's debut novel is a gem of a work!

[HolisticDramaFree]

This was nourishing to my mind ❤️, I’ve been so deprived of captivating conversations for so many years. I’m glad I stumbled upon this video.

[rebeccamurray]

Amazing novel, I needed this for my spirit. ❤

[missbabyloved]

Ayikoo 👏🏽 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭Miss Yaa Gyasi. Well done ✅ dear. ❤️❤️💃🏼😘😘🇬🇭🇬🇭😘🇬🇭🇬🇭

[erikjackson]

Hi Yaa.
I just finished reading Transcendent Kingdom.
It resonated on many levels.
Thank you for writing this book!
❤️Lucille

[stephenreggio]

British governor George McLean married a Ghanaian woman although he has a British wife called leticia London but the sad part is Ghanaian woman name was not recorded and British white wife dies of heart attack.. sorry her parents doesn’t learn about the history, I grow up in cape coast and I do liearn about the slave history. The cape coast castle was built by the Europeans and it’s has nothing to do with the locals Africans. It’s a great novel

[amagyamfua]

We learn about both the traditional and modern forms of slavery in Ghana. I wrote my master thesis on modern slavery and used Ama Darko's Beyond the Horizon! So, we continue to study slavery.

[davidlambert]

ouch! This hurts because of the truth.

[ABookishPair]

She's such an amazing writer! We have a review of this book on our channel.