LibGuides: ENG310: Homegoing: Home

About the Book

Yaa Gyasi reads from chapter four of Homegoing during an event at Harvard Bookstore in 2016. At the end of reading (around 33 min.) Gyasi answers questions including one about the writing process for this novel which took around 7 years before it was completed.

Background Sources

African American History Database
Use this e-resource to find background articles from encyclopedias, primary sources, images, videos and more.
New Encyclopedia of Africa (ebook)
Encyclopedia of Pre-Colonial Africa, 1500 to 1850 (ebook)
Encyclopedia of Colonial Africa, 1850-1950 (ebook)

Related Texts, Video, etc.

Homegoing: Historical Context
A timeline and other resources to help provide a historical context for the novel. This page is part of larger student project from the University of Delaware called Moving Fictions: Exploring Migration in Modern Literature.
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Background information the Transatlantic Slave Trade, The Gold Coast (Ghana) and Cape Coast Castle. This resource part of a larger project called Slavery and Remembrance, a jointly sponsored initiative between UNESCO’s Slave Route Project and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
The African-American Migration Story
From PBS, this text provides background information and is a companion resource to the documentary The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
"From the transatlantic slave trade to today's New Great Migration, learn about the major African-American migrations and how those movements changed the course of American history."