Homegoing begins with the nighttime Birth of Effia Otcher, one of the two great ancestresses whose lineages we will follow to the end. We see Effia grow, get married off to a white colonialist named James Collins, and birth a boy named Quey. The three of them live in a massive house that holds captives in its murky dungeons. Esi is the other great ancestress. We catch her just as she turns