Chipo and the Bird on the Hill (A tale of ancient Zimbabwe)

Children's Books

Asare, Meshack

Animals

African Publishing Group

When a great storm threatens, Sosu, an African boy who is unable to walk, joins his dog Fusa in helping save their village.

Sosu's Call

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Kane/Miller Book Pub

Llamada de Sosu, La (Spanish Edition)

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Zendrera Zariquiey

Sosu's Call, won the 1999 UNESCO 1st prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance. It is listed as one of the top twelve titles of Africa's 100 Best Books; and has been named an Honor Book for Young Children by the African Studies Association's Children's Africana Book Committee, as a contribution to accurate and balanced material on Africa for children. Beautifully illustrated on artpaper, the story tells of Sosu, a young disabled boy who cannot walk. Sosu misses going to school and all the activities of the other children. His village is on a lagoon, and one day when everyone is away fishing, working in the fields or at school, he raises the alarm with his drumming, and saves the village from total destruction by the sea. His heroism is rewarded when a wheelchair is donated and at last he can go to school.

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The Magic Goat

Cat in Search of a Friend

The Brassman's Secret

Kwajo's father makes traditional small figures. One day, he makes him a little brass drummer who comes alive and transforms Kwajo into a land of proverbs and riddles. It is a land where the figures represent money, and the people are citizens in a powerful kingdom. Kwajo is tempted by riches but must first decode a series of riddles and symbols. He falls at the last test, but nonetheless learns an important lesson. The Brassman's Secret won The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa 1982. It has become one of the most important children's books in Africa, and has been translated into several foreign languages. This is a new edition appearing for the first time with full colour-illustrations.

Kwajo and the Brassman's Secret

Two children, Chipo and Dambudzo set out in search of a big stone bird at Great Zimbabwe after Sekuru tells them the story of how this bird guided their ancestors to a hill. All the mysteries of the ancient ruins come alive as the children slip away from their duties to climb the hill in search of the bird. The story is set in the 'Great Zimbabwe' of 700 years ago. Great Zimbabwe was built by Shona-speaking people who lived there and was where the most powerful rulers of the south-eastern interior of Africa lived. It was an organised and prosperous state. The story and illustrations are the author's impressions of how life in Great Zimbabwe might have been when it was full of huts, footpaths, cooking fires, people laughing and chatting and cock-crowing.

Chipo and the Bird on the Hill

Sothulu, a ruthless moneylender, comes to claim back money borrowed by Noma's father from the family who know nothing of his debts. First he takes Bodo, the family cow and sole source of income. Then he wants to take Noma's sand, strewn over the courtyard and making it beautiful. But Noma is prepared to fight.

Noma's Sand

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Chipo and the Bird on the Hill (A tale of ancient Zimbabwe)

Sosu's Call

Llamada de Sosu, La (Spanish Edition)

Sosu's Call

The Magic Goat

Cat in Search of a Friend

The Brassman's Secret

Kwajo and the Brassman's Secret

Chipo and the Bird on the Hill

Noma's Sand