YouTube Video of YAA GYASI,
Author of the Big Read Selection “HOMEGOING”
(Only available to watch on youtube until Midnight February 19, 2025)
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Author of the Big Read Selection “HOMEGOING”
(Only available to watch on youtube until Midnight February 19, 2025)
(Please note that once you click on the play button below you will get a black screen with the text “[email protected]” on it. Once you see that screen it will take about 20 seconds to load and play. No need to click on anything else.)
Presented February 5, 2025, by AGAR and Sweet Briar College, this interview took place live and on zoom in Pannell Gallery of Sweet Briar College. Interviewers were Dwana Waugh, PhD, Sweet Briar College associate professor in the history department, and Gloria Witt, past president of the NAACP Amherst County Branch.
The book “Homegoing” concerns 300 years of a family's history, beginning in Ghana in the 18th century, and tracing various family members through slavery, slave-owning, and travels to London, Alabama and New York in the 20th Century.
AGAR apprecoates the kindness of Sweet Briar College in being a community program partner for Our Big Read Program, "Homegoing in Amherst County; Where We Live"
This video will remain available for all to view on youtube until Midnight February 19. We thank Yaa Gyasi for allowing us to record it on zoom and show it to those who missed the live presentation on February 5.
The book “Homegoing” concerns 300 years of a family's history, beginning in Ghana in the 18th century, and tracing various family members through slavery, slave-owning, and travels to London, Alabama and New York in the 20th Century.
AGAR apprecoates the kindness of Sweet Briar College in being a community program partner for Our Big Read Program, "Homegoing in Amherst County; Where We Live"
This video will remain available for all to view on youtube until Midnight February 19. We thank Yaa Gyasi for allowing us to record it on zoom and show it to those who missed the live presentation on February 5.
This program was made possible by
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS THE BIG READ
MANAGED BY ARTS MIDWEST
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS THE BIG READ
MANAGED BY ARTS MIDWEST
