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Ghanaian-American novelist Yaa Gyasi discusses her debut novel ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½going. The book tells the story of two sisters in 18th Century Ghana, one is married off to a slave owner, the other is forced into slavery and sent to the United States. The book traces the stories of their descendants over seven generations. (Photo: a castle in Ghana where slaves were kept Credit: ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)
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