That Coffee Girl

“We believe the one who has power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history you must ask yourself, Whose story am I missing?, Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. From there you get a clearer, yet still imperfect, picture.” These lines strike a chord, don’t they. This is the story penned down by Yaa Gyasi that spans 8 generations, showing different times and places while highlighting the true suffering of people. This is not a pitiful tale on the plight of Africans but a series of short stories highlighting how a few decisions triggered a chain of events that affected millions of lives. Brief  : Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, are born into different villages in eighteenth-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and lives in comfort in the palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle. Unbeknownst to Effia, her sister, Esi, is imprisoned beneath her in the