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Yaa Gyasi

Start date: August 15, 2017

Finish date: September 1, 2017

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Apr 18, 2016 Jenny (Reading Envy) rated it really liked it

Shelves: read2016, ebooks, around-the-world, reviewcopy, africa2016, netgalley, location-africa, location-ghana

"Weakness is treating someone as though they belong to you. Strength is knowing that everyone belongs to themselves."

This novel starts with two (half) sisters, unknown to one another, who experience completely different lives. One leaves her family and community in Ghana and marries an English man (who ends up being a slave trader) and the other is sold into slavery through the same venue. There are a lot of depictions of The Castle, a very real location which can still be seen on the shore. One ...more

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Aug 31, 2016 Jennifer rated it really liked it

Gyasi begins her book in Ghana during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. She begins with two half sisters who do not know each other. One is sold into slavery and one is the "wife" of a British man involved in slavery. Each chapter covers a different descendant and alternates between the family lines. While each character only gets a chapter, Gyasi explores the generations affected by slavery and how those effects changed over time. ...more

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