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Kaya Girl, The

Mamle Wolo

Ages: 14+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Little, Brown BFYR/Hachette

ISBN: 978-0-316-70393-2

Keywords: Ghana, Ghanaian languages, Friendship, Class, Ethnic discrimination, Regional differences, Family life, Dagombe people, Education

In contempotary Accra, Ghana, two girls from divergent socioeconomic backgrounds form an unlikely but deep friendship.