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Nana Goes to Guinea: The Road To Kankan

Nana Goes to Guinea: The Road To Kankan

Camara Malloy, Safiyatou
Camara-Malloy, Nana Kwadwo

Paperback

Activity & Coloring BooksGeneral Juvenile Fiction

ISBN13: 9798997720315
Publisher: Wontanara Publishing
Published: Sep 11 2026
Pages: 34
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.09 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Nana is heading somewhere special - the home of the djembe itself. With Mba and Nga by his side, he arrives in Kankan just as the Mamaya festival begins: sky-blue bazin cloth, hundreds of dancers with handkerchiefs floating like doves, and a balafon singing over it all.

In Kankan, Nana meets the djeli - a griot who remembers every name, every song, every story - and learns that the djembe was not just built here, it belongs here. He dances the Djagbe after Tabaski, feasts on kansiye and sweet bissap through three days of celebration, and by the time the stars come out over the Milo River, Nana is not just following the sound anymore. He is part of it.

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