Makeda

By Randall Robinson

Subjects: African americans, fiction, Fiction, general, African American families, Fiction, Dogon (African people)

Description: Makeda Gee Florida Harris March is a proud matriarch, the anchor and emotional bellwether who holds together a hard-working African American family living in 1950s Richmond, Virginia. Lost in shadow is Makeda's grandson Gray, who begins escaping into the magical world of Makeda's tiny parlor.