Author(s): Stella P. Maymin

Abstract: In Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, history possesses more agency over the future trajectory of societal and individual lives than any character does. In examination of H, Akua, and Marcus, the control of history is apparent on their backgrounds and their futures.

Keywords: protagonist, history, freedom, agency, Homegoing.

Article Info: Received: 07 Dec 2021; Received in revised form: 14 Jan 2022; Accepted: 25 Jan 2022; Available online: 07 Feb 2022

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.71.21