Stream Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

On RealAudiobooks you can stream Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi for free, chapter by chapter.

From the plantations of the South to the Civil War and the Great Migration, from the coal mines of Pratt City, Alabama, to the jazz clubs and dope houses of 20th-century Harlem, right up through the present day,  Homegoing  makes history visceral and captures, with singular and striking immediacy, how the memory of captivity came to be inscribed in the soul of a nation.   Includes a PDF of the Family Tree  PLEASE NO Winner of the NBCC’s John Leonard First Book Prize A New York Times 2016 Notable Book One of Oprah’s 10 Favorite Books of 2016 NPR’s Debut Novel of the Year One of Buzzfeed ‘s Best Fiction Books Of 2016 One of Time ‘s Top 10 Novels of 2016 “ Homegoing  is an inspiration.” (Ta-Nehisi Coates)  The lasting New York Times best seller begins with the story of two half-sisters, separated by forces beyond their control: one sold into slavery, the other married to a British slaver. Written with tremendous sweep and power, Homegoing traces the generations of family who follow, as their destinies lead them through two continents and 300 years of history, each life indeliably drawn, as the legacy of slavery is fully revealed in light of the present day.             Effia and Esi are born into different villages in 18th-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and lives in comfort in the palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle. Unbeknownst to Effia, her sister, Esi, is imprisoned beneath her in the castle’s dungeons, sold with thousands of others into the Gold Coast’s booming slave trade, and shipped off to America, where her children and grandchildren will be raised in slavery.  One thread of  Homegoing  follows Effia’s descendants through centuries of warfare in Ghana, as the Fante and Asante nations wrestle with the slave trade and British colonization. The other thread follows Esi and her children into America.

Whether you have twenty minutes or a full afternoon, the player below keeps your place as you go.

Play the full Homegoing audiobook here on RealAudiobooks with no registration.