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I adored this book, although that is an awkward thing to say about a book in which so much pain and oppression are contained. Starting with two sisters (who do not actually know each other) on the Gold Coast during the height of colonialism and enslavement, the book follows their descendants, with each chapter written in the voice of a different one, down through four hundred years of African and African-American history arising from that colonialism and enslavement. The book is searing, raw, an
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I loved this and it broke my heart. Repeatedly. The story of two half-sisters and their descendants, each chapter follows a new generation. The two women are unknown to each other; one is captured and sold as a slave in the US, the other remains in Ghana, the wife of an English slaver. Beautifully written, thought-provoking, heart-wrenching throughout, but ultimately hopeful.
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