africa, west

A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit.

King Gorilla decrees that no one may marry his daughter until a suitor strong enough to consume a barrel of strange, intoxicating water is found.

Explores the food, cooking traditions, customs, eating habits, and food sources of West Africa, and provides insights into the nation's culture, history, and everyday life.

Isatou Ceesay finds a way to recycle discarded plastic bags that have accumulated in dirty heaps in her Gambian village.

A retelling of the traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. One track of sound disc has page-turn signals.

Retells a West African legend that reveals the meaning of the mosquito's unique sound.

Dr. Steven Hatch came to Liberia in November 2013, to work at a hospital in Monrovia. Six months later, several of the physicians Dr. Hatch had mentored and served with were dead, or barely clinging to life, and Ebola had become a world health emergency. With little help from the international community and a population ravaged by disease and fear, the war-torn African nation was simply unprepared to deal with the catastrophe. A physician's memoir, this book is also an explanation of the science and biology of Ebola---how it is transmitted and spread with such ferocity. While Ebola is temporarily under control, it will inevitably re-emerge, as will other plagues, notably the Zika virus, which the World Health Organization has declared a public health emergency.

Njau, Gambia: When plastic bags began to pile up around her village, Isatou Ceesay discovered a creative way to repurpose the bags and improve her community.

Anansi the Spider stories inspired by West African folktales.

When Chinye is sent into the forest one night by her cruel stepmother, she encounters an old woman who tells her where to find a a magic gourd holding wealth and riches.