"Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath...

Effia y Esi nacen en Ghana durante el momento algido del comercio de esclavos a través del Atlántico. Comparten la misma madre, pero sus padres pertenecen a dos grupos étnicos diferentes, los fante y los asantes, ambos víctimas, pero también cómplices, de los colonos británicos que se dedican a la trata de personas. A las dos hermanas les aguardan destinos opuestos. En catorce capítulos magistralmente enlazados, la escritora narra la historia...

"The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From here on in she would be known as Sankofa--a name that meant nothing to anyone but her, the only tie to her family and her past. Her touch is death, and with a glance a town can fall. And she walks--alone, except for her fox companion--searching for the object that came from the sky and gave itself to her when the meteors fell and when she was yet unchanged; searching for answers. But is there...