The African Mask

Twelve-year-old Layo, a Yoruba girl living in the area of eleventh-century Africa which is now Nigeria, attempts to reject the man who has been chosen to be her husband.

Related: Africa, Historical Fiction, Nigeria, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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    string(13) "Rupert, Janet"
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    string(5) "Birds"
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    string(4) "1994"
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