A Scientist Tries to Understand Her Family Problems Through Mice

Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel Homegoing told the story of two branches of a Ghanaian family, one descended from a woman who marries a white slave trader and whose line stays in Ghana, another descended from her half-sister who is captured and sent to America in bondage. Gyasi’s second novel Transcendent Kingdom follows Gifty, a Ghanaian-American […] The post A Scientist Tries to Understand Her Family Problems Through Mice appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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