AP Lit Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi: Home

Yaa Gyasi's name is pronounced as:

"Yah Jessie"

Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she held a Dean's Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in Brooklyn.

PASSWORDS

History of Ghana: Topic Guide 

Keywords: Anglo-Ashanti Wars; guns and African countries;The Golden Stoo; Anansi stories; Cape Coast Castle

Keywords: Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade; Fugitive Slave Act; Great Migration; A. Philip Randolph; Harlem Riots

NPR (36 minutes): Author Yaa Gyasi Says Writing Can Be 'An Act Of Love And Justice' 

NPR (6 Minutes): Slavery Scars A Trans-Atlantic Family Tree In 'Homegoing' 

NPR (7 minutes): In 'Homegoing,' A Saga Of A Family United By Blood, Separated By Slavery

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Lit Society May 12, 2022 (1:42:50)