Across
- 3. The country in which the novel begins.
- 4. Effia’s son, who faces conflict about his identity and role in the slave trade.
- 8. The central question of who we are, shaped by family, history and place.
- 11. The final Ghanaian descendant in the novel, who meets Marcus.
- 12. The final American descendant in the novel, a graduate student studying family history.
- 13. One of the half-sisters captured and sent to America
Down
- 1. The system in which people were treated as property and forcibly exploited.
- 2. The place where Effia lives above imprisoned enslaved people
- 3. The former name of Ghana, used during British colonial rule
- 5. One of the half-sisters whose descendants remain primarily in Ghana
- 6. A recurring image associated with Maame, fear and inherited trauma
- 7. Esi’s daughter, forced to work on a plantation
- 9. The first name of the author of Homegoing
- 10. A symbol passed down the two family lines: a black-and-gold stone