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Homegoing is the debut historical fiction novel by Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2016.Each chapter in the novel follows a different descendant of an Asante woman named Maame, starting with her two daughters, who are half-sisters, separated by circumstance: Effia marries James Collins, the British governor in charge of Cape Coast Castle, while her half-sister Esi is held ...
Yaa Gyasi (born 1989) is a Ghanaian American novelist. Her work, most notably her 2016 debut novel Homegoing and her 2020 novel Transcendent Kingdom, features themes of lineage, generational trauma, and Black and African identities.
Abena Pokua Adompim Busia (born 1953) is a Ghanaian writer, poet, feminist, lecturer and diplomat. She is a daughter of the former prime minister of Ghana, Kofi Abrefa Busia, and is the sister of actress Akosua Busia. Busia is an associate professor of Literature in English, and of women's and gender studies at Rutgers University.
Homegoing is a science fiction novel by American author Frederik Pohl, first published in 1989 by Del Rey Books. [1] The novel was one of the nominees for the Locus SF Award , one of the awards of the Hugo Awards .
Marie Catherine Abena (March 20, 1954 – March 19, 2014) was a Cameroonian civil servant, politician, and author. She served as the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Secondary Education from December 2004 to 2009 in the government of Prime Minister Ephraïm Inoni .
The Drifters is a novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener, published in 1971 by Random House. [1] The novel follows six young characters from diverse backgrounds and various countries as their paths meet and they travel together through parts of Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Mozambique.
Henrietta Joy Abena Nyarko Mensa-Bonsu, JSC, FGA (born 29 October 1957) is a Supreme Court Judge of the Republic of Ghana. [2] She was nominated by president Nana Akufo-Addo . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] She is the 5th female member of the Court.
Chapter 4: The travellers are joined in the inn at Darlington by a Scottish gentleman called Campbell (later identified as Rob Roy) with a shrewd manner of speaking as he declines to accompany Morris as a protector. Chapter 5: Approaching Osbaldistone Hall, Frank encounters his spirited cousin, Die, out hunting; they ride together to the hall.