Tag: Social Themes

Africa South of the Sahara

Ghana
Cover for The Kaya Girl featuring a realistic style illustration of a girl with an orange headscarf and blue shirt on carrying a large bowl on her head and the blurred shapes of people in the background. The book's title is displayed in dark red on top of the bowl.

The Kaya Girl

Mamle Wolo

Sasha Illingworth (Illustrator)

The Kaya Girl. Mamle Wolo. Illustrated by Sasha Illingworth. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2022. Originally published by Techmate Publishers Ltd., in Ghana, in 2012 and then by Nsona Books in 2018. ISBN 9780316703932. 336 p. (Ages 9 and up). Fiction.

Nigeria
Cover of Too Small Tola featuring an illustration of a young small girl with a colorful orange and green basket on her head with fish and produce in it. The cover's background is bright yellow and the book's title is displayed in a patterned teal and orange.

Too Small Tola

Atinuke

Onyinye Iwu (Illustrator)

Too Small Tola. Atinuke. Illustrated by Onyinye Iwu. Candlewick Press, 2021. Originally published in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries by Walker Books in 2020. ISBN 9781536211276. 96 p. (Ages 7-9). Fiction.

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