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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 governor in charge of Cape Coast Castle, while her half-sister Esi is held ...
Yaa Gyasi (born 1989) is a Ghanaian-American novelist. Her work, most notably her 2016 debut novel Homegoing and her 2020 novel Transcendent Kingdom, features themes of lineage, generational trauma, and Black and African identities.
A homegoing (or home-going) service is an African-American and Black-Canadian Christian funeral tradition marking the going home of the deceased to the Lord or to Heaven.
Liza Minnelli has been married and divorced four times, but her first union left her "truly devastated." The entertainer, who famously starred as Sally Bowles in the film version of "Cabaret," is ...
A national homegoing celebration will be held on Monday, Nov. 20 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. All services will be livestreamed on the Holy Redeemer Facebook and YouTube pages, @HRCOGIC.
Alejandra Silva, 41, a Spanish socialite and activist, married the "Pretty Woman" actor in 2018, and six years later, the couple decide to relocate their family in Spain.
Variations of the name Baba Yaga are found in many Slavic languages.In Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian and Bulgarian, baba means 'grandmother' or 'old woman'. In contemporary Polish and Russian, baba / баба is also a pejorative synonym for 'woman', in particular one who is old, dirty, or foolish.
Sunday's game will mark the second Super Bowl for Swift, who cheered on her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce last year with help from some of her closest girlfriends last year.