Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Tracing two half-sisters in 18th-century Ghana, this multigenerational novel follows the contrasting fates of their descendants over three centuries. Effia marries a British slave trader and remains in West Africa, while Esi is captured and sold into American slavery. Through seven generations, the narrative spans tribal wars, the Middle Passage, plantations, Reconstruction, jazz-age Harlem, and modern times, exploring the enduring, generational impact of slavery and institutional racism.