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Now showing — Homegoings · 4 works

  • Homegoing Books · 2010s

    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...

    MemoryMigrationFolklore
  • 2013 film directed by Christine Turner

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • Homegoing Music · 2010s

    Held here because it strengthens the visible field.

    After-hoursLonging
  • Held here because it strengthens the visible field.

    After-hoursLonging
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