A Story of African Childhood By Ernest N. Emenyonu
Issued: | 2012 | Format: | Paperback | ISBN: | 0-9790858-6-1 | Price: | $14.95
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is the story of a seven-year old boy who is trying to understand
the people and the world around him. He is young and
sensitive, and afraid of darkness and violence. He is perplexed by mysteries
beyond his grasp. He is not only afraid of the unknown, he avoids it in
every possible manner. He begins by hiding from things and people that
frighten him. When he meets Akufo, a ‘mild-mannered’ mad woman from
a nearby village, his young life is changed forever!
About the author:
Ernest N. Emenyonu is a professor of Africana
Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint. A specialist
in African Literature, he has taught African Literature
in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria and the
United States, and published extensively in the ?? eld. His
other children’s books include a series, Bedtime Stories
For African Children. He has also published a collection
of short stories, Tales of Our Motherland. He is the
Editor of African Literature Today.
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