Age: Kenya

Materials from Kenya

Jakarta Missing

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When her sister, star-athlete Jakarta, finally joins them, Dakar feels much safer and happier in Cottonwood, North Dakota, where she and their parents are living for a year, but she still longs for their home in Africa.

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Forest Of The Pygmies

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Eighteen-year-old Alexander Cold and his grandmother travel to Africa on an elephant-led safari, but discover a corrupt world of poaching and slavery.

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Masai and I

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A little girl learns about the Masai tribe at school and daydreams about what her life would be if she had been born a Masai. Comparing her life and theirs, she learns that she has a spiritual and even physical kinship with them.

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Beneath The Rainbow

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Drawing on images and characters from traditional African myths, legends, and folklore, this colorful anthology features three short stories and three poems from Kenya.

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Nyumba Ya Mumbi: The Gikuyu Creation Myth

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Retells the story of the creation of the Gikuyu people of Kenya.

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