The Village of Round and Square Houses
Ann Grifalconi
32 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0333485211
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1989
AfricaAfrican AmericanChildrensCulturalFictionFolk TalesFolkloreKidsMythologyPicture Books
In Tos – a real life village in Cameroon – the men live in square houses and the women live in round. The story behind this custom is sensitively retold through the eyes of a young girl brought up there.