August 1, 2025Open Access

The Woes of Slavery: Enslaved Women’s Traumatic Journey in Homegoing

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Trauma in enslaved women manifests through experiences of rape and dehumanisation, emphasizing their suffering.
The analysis focuses on Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing, emphasizing the historical context of oppression faced by these women.
Trauma theory provides a framework to understand the depths of anguish experienced by enslaved women in the narrative.
The findings call for a deeper understanding of the cultural and historical implications of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

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This paper examines the traumatic journey of enslaved women by analysing the oppression and anguish they are subjected to through the lens of trauma theory in Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing (2016). The paper argues that the trauma that enslaved women encountered in Gyasi’s Homegoing takes the form of rape, dehumanisation and deprivation, which were practices rooted in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

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Lydia Apio (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af453fad7bf08b1ead2ce5 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v7i4.2241

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