LATEST TITLES FROM THE STABLE OF ADWINSA PUBLICATIONS NIGERIA LIMITED
BREAK OF DAWN BY CANDACE SACKEY
Like Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Break of Dawn tells a story of how African culture mixes with American culture and the confrontation that ensues. It is the pursuit of the Merican dream by a typical African girl, Mukea, who was trained in an African Village called Nemaako.
The story deals with the way Mukea handles her new life and her interactions with the people she met.
ADAMA: THE CHILD BRIDE BY NAOMI ADJEI, MATILDA AGYAPONG, EUGENIA AGYAPONG
Adama the Bride Child is a carefully knit story of a budding young girl whose dream of becoming a doctor is nearly snuffed out by early marriage. The authors captivate the reader with language that is simple but powerful in the imagery that wells up in the reader’s mind. The happy ending with the intervention of Dr. Fatimat and CSLN is very important as many a story of this kind, leaves the reader with only a tragic ending. This is a story of pain but also one of hope, as Adama is given the chance to continue her education. Both children and adults will find reading this book a useful hobby activity but also an instructional tool for building their capacity to speak out and take action against child marriage in Nigeria.
SHATTERED DREAMS BY AANIA L.S. SEADE
Rose and Susan were very close friends. They attended the same school, were in the same class and did everything in common. One thing kept close. Both of them took great delight in following rich old men and slept with them expressly for money.
While Susan’s parents were against their habit of going after old men who could be their fathers, Rose’s mother encouraged her daughter in the act. “Use what you have to get what you want,” Rose’s mother used to tell her. The two girls continued with their wayward life until the inevitable happened.
NGOZI’S RED LETTER DAY BY AMANKWAH, MENSAH, NEWMAN AND OBENG-MANU
Abrefi experiences her menarche – the first occurrence of menstruation. However, she is unprepared for this experience. Her teacher uses the experience to educate the class on mensuration.
The story exposes the unpreparedness of many adolescent girls for this major developmental stage. It fills the gap where parents, guardians and the school system (teachers and the curriculum) fail to educate girls and boys on mensurattion and its related issues. The story serves as a simple guide to assist parents, guardians, teachers and even adolescents themselves on the biological process of menstruation, management of the menstrual period, good hygiene practices, precautions to take and who to speak to when they experience challenges. It is a good read which encourages girls to freely talk about mensuration and debunk notions of mensuration as a taboo topic.
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