Africaville.

This family saga extends from 1918 to 1992 and focuses on descendants of the Sebolt and Platt families, who are joined when Omar Platt has an affair with Kath Ella Sebolt in 1936 right before his accidental death. She gives birth to a son and leaves Halifax for Montreal to further her education, meeting her future husband there, a white man who adopts baby Omar, renaming him Etienne. Colvin expertly weaves in the subject of owning one's heritage as Warner comes to terms with his Canadian past and the tragedies that dogged the Sebolts and Platts. [Extracted from the article]

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