Read on to find out the book Yaa Gyasi first fell in love with. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi was one of the shortlisted books for this year, because this year's theme is Storytime, finalists were invited to ...

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Intro; Yaa Gyasi; Homegoing; Summary; Effia and Esi; Quey and Ness; James and Kojo; Abena and H; Akua and Willie; Yaw and Sonny; Marjorie and Marcus; Character study ...