INTRODUCTION Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child is not just her final novel; it’s a compact literary hurricane. It sweeps through themes of trauma, colourism, parental legacy, and the resilience of human spirit, shaking up every complacent notion about what lingers from childhood wounds. My journey as a reader (and, let’s be honest, as a lifelong Morrison devotee) has taught me that her prose doesn’t merely describe—she invites us to encounter, to process, even to flinch. This novel, published...