"Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be s...

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Main Author:	Gyasi, Yaa 1989- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York Alfred A. Knopf 2016
Subjects:	Geschichte 1700-1800 FICTION / African American / Historical FICTION / Sagas FICTION / Literary Women / Ghana / Fiction Slavery / Fiction African Americans / History / Fiction African Americans Slavery Women Frau Geschichte Schwarze. USA Sklaverei Ghana / History / 18th century / Fiction Ghana Fiktionale Darstellung
Summary:	"Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath Effia in the Castle's women's dungeon, and then shipped off on a boat bound for America, where she will be sold into slavery. Stretching from the tribal wars of Ghana to slavery and Civil War in America, from the coal mines in the north to the Great Migration to the streets of 20th century Harlem, Yaa Gyasi's has written a modern masterpiece, a novel that moves through histories and geographies and--with outstanding economy and force--captures the troubled spirit of our own nation"--
Item Description:	Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke "A novel" auf dem Schutzumschlag
Physical Description:	305 Seiten genealogische Tafeln 25 cm
ISBN:	0451493834 1101947136 9780451493835 9781101947135