We don’t even know the questions we need to ask in order to find out, but when we learn one tiny little thing, a dim light comes on in a dark hallway, and suddenly a new question appears. “The truth is we don’t know what we don’t know. As her memories are triggered, she gradually surmised that in order for her to make peace with the present, she must confront the ghosts of her childhood. She might have physically separated herself from the home of her childhood and youth, moving from Alabama to Stanford, the ghosts of the past will always find its way to her. The past, however, was something that Gifty cannot simply walk away from. The unwelcome visitor not only disrupted the natural flow of Gifty’s life but she also ushered in the recollection of bitter and, at times, traumatic memories, memories of childhood that she would rather not relive. Mother and daughter has always had a stormy relationship. The study is aimed at identifying which neurons are “firing or are not firing.” Gifty’s life and studies were disrupted with the sudden surprising appearance of her mother who was again sinking into depression.
Her PhD study centers around the “neural circuits of reward-seeking behaviour” in mice. The daughter of Ghanaian immigrants, she was introduced to the readers as a precocious 28-year-old young woman currently completing her PhD in Neuroscience at Stanford University. Recently announced as one of the shortlisted novels gunning for the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction, Transcendent Kingdom charts the story of Gifty. Four years thence, she made her literary comeback with Transcendent Kingdom. This also marked the ascent of a new and excitable voice in the world of literature. The world of literature unrolled its proverbial red carpet for Gyasi’s grand entrance. It was widely acclaimed, both by literary pundits and by the general reading public alike, and has earned her several awards and nominations from various literary award-giving bodies.
Her first novel, Homegoing, was a breathtaking chronicle of the history of two sisters born in the author’s native Ghana.
In 2016, Ghanaian born writer Yaa Gyasi made a stunning literary debut.
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