Véronique Tadjo
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Drawing on real accounts of the Ebola outbreak that devastated West Africa, this poignant, timely fable reflects on both the strength and the fragility of life and humanity's place in the world. Two boys venture from their village to hunt in a nearby forest, where they shoot down bats with glee, and cook their prey over an open fire. Within a month, they are dead, bodies ravaged by an insidious disease that neither the local healer's potions nor...
Author
Language
Français
Description
Flora et Yasmina vivent leur vie d'étudiante en Cte d'Ivoire. Le pays sombre dans une crise politique. Prises dans la tourmente, les deux amies voient leur destin bifurquer. Yasmina est forcée de rentrer au village alors que Flora se réfugie à Johannesburg o elle recommence sa vie.
Author
Publisher
Mantra Lingua
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Persian
Description
Mamy Wata, the queen of all the waters, hears that a horrible monster is terrorizing the people in the villages. She waits for the monster, but when he appears she finds he is a sad and lonely being. Mamy Wata makes the monster laugh and transforms him back to his true self.
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Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"An illicit love affair that turns sour is the starting point in this exploration of the human heart. Veronique Tadjo weaves together a rich tapestry of voices to tell stories of parting and return, suffering, healing and desire." "Like a bird in flight, the reader travels across a borderless landscape composed of tales of everyday existence, news reports, allegories and ancestral myths, becoming aware in the course of the journey of the interconnection...
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Pub
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of traditional and twentieth-century poems from sub-Saharan Africa, written in or translated into English, that expresses the spirit and history of this region.