01008cam a2200241 4500 548327836 TxAuBib 20110101120000.0 110215s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011923178 9781617750229 pbk. 1617750220 pbk. TxAuBib Robinson, Randall, 1941- Makeda / by Randall Robinson. New York : Akashic Books/Open Lens, 2011. 318 p. ; 21 cm. 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. 20110101. Dogon (African people) Fiction. African American families Fiction. Bildungsromans.