Accomplished illustrator Baba Wague Diakite tells the story of his boyhood in a small village in Mali, West Africa. Each chapter describes something interesting he learned from people in the village or from daily life. When Baba asks when he can go to school, his grandmother tells him, 'You will go to school when you are educated.' Finally, Baba is considered educated, and is sent back to the big city of Bamako where he lives with his mother and attends school. The beautiful illustrations, many painted on earthenware tiles, portray the people and places of the village.
Date read: 6/30/2010
ISBN-10: 0888999313
ISBN-13: 9780888999313
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