The little girl who didn't want to grow up retold by Veronique Tadjo and illustrated by Catherine Gronewald. Little Ayanda loves her father with all her heart. One day he goes away, and doesn't return. She is so sad that she decides she doesn't want to grow up.
The little girl who didn't want to grow up retold by Veronique Tadjo and illustrated by Catherine Gronewald. Little Ayanda loves her father with all h...
-To attain some sort of universal value, - Veronique Tadjo has said, -a piece of work has to go deep into the particular in order to reveal our shared humanity.- In Far from My Father, the latest novel from this internationally acclaimed author, a woman returns to the Cote d'Ivoire after her father's death. She confronts not only unresolved family issues that she had left behind but also questions about her own identity that arise amidst the tensions between traditional and modern worlds. The drama that unfolds tells us much about the evolving role of women, the legacy of polygamy,...
-To attain some sort of universal value, - Veronique Tadjo has said, -a piece of work has to go deep into the particular in order to reveal our sha...
-To attain some sort of universal value, - Veronique Tadjo has said, -a piece of work has to go deep into the particular in order to reveal our shared humanity.- In Far from My Father, the latest novel from this internationally acclaimed author, a woman returns to the Cote d'Ivoire after her father's death. She confronts not only unresolved family issues that she had left behind but also questions about her own identity that arise amidst the tensions between traditional and modern worlds. The drama that unfolds tells us much about the evolving role of women, the legacy of polygamy,...
-To attain some sort of universal value, - Veronique Tadjo has said, -a piece of work has to go deep into the particular in order to reveal our sha...