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Yaa Gyasi Homecoming Themes
In the book ‘Homegoing” the Author Yaa Gyasi reveals the theme of culture throughout her novel by showing how the characters strive and adapt to these various oppressive environments and the different struggles that they face due to either,discrimination,heritage or slavery. For the descendants who continue living in Africa, parts of Akan culture must be protected from Western interference. Effy end up marrying James Collins a white man and lives in the Cape Coast Castle.Culture especially appears in the lives of Effia because she is forced hide her religion which he calls black magic. Since many white people used religion as an excuse to colonize Africa it is reasonable that Ma Aku would have an hatred to religion itself especially the
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