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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Yoruba deity of the sea, Yemaya, is brought to vivid life as she discovers the power of Black resilience, love, and feminine strength in antebellum America. Shallow Waters imagines Yemaya, an Or'sha-- a deity in the religion of Africa's Yoruba people-- cast into mid-1800s America. We meet Yemaya as a young woman, still in the care of her mother and not yet fully aware of the spectacular power she possesses to protect herself and those she holds...
Author
Series
Iyanu volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
109 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A teenage orphan with no recollection of her past, suddenly discovers that she has abilities that rival the ancient deities told in the folklore of her people."--
Author
Series
Girlhood journeys. Kai volume 1
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
71 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In fifteenth-century Africa, Kai and her beautiful but lazy older sister Jamila undertake a perilous four-day journey to another Yoruba village, seeking help for their starving tribe after the blight of the yam crop.
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