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<\/span>A celebration of the faceless subaltern: <\/span>Yaa Gyassi\u2019s <\/span>Homegoing<\/a><\/span> is the ultimate retaliation<\/span> against the dehumanizing colonial machine. The novel transcends time and space by spanning many decades, villages, and cities. The countless characters \u2014 the descendants of Ghanaian sisters Effia and Esi \u2014 all have rich and complex backstories and lives. While the novel is at times overwhelming, it is the natural unfolding of glaringly different fates: While one woman was abducted and sold as a slave after enemies raided her village, her sister weds an affluent Englishman. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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