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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Rare Leaf

The Rare Leaf

Paperback

General Fiction

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ISBN10: 1918291403
ISBN13: 9781918291407
Publisher: University of Buckingham Press
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

'The Quest for the Rare Leaf' teaches that breaking tradition can have grave consequences when the Olúwo (town council leader) forces his daughter to marry someone she does not love. 'The Legend of the Queen's Basket' tells the story of how the be̩é̩ ̩ rè̩ ̩ (first daughter) of the O̩ ba (King) becomes the custodian of the Queen's Basket, which offers him untold powers and contains the ìbálé (sheets bearing the proof of virginity) of the village women. 'The Legend of Ò̩ ̩ rúnmílà' is the tale of Àjànà who dedicates his life to learning and teaching the Word of God and is believed to have become a god himself - Ò̩ ̩ rúnmílà (god of wisdom and divination). 'The Èbìrìpò Episode' tells the story of how, when the town's warriors are lured away to help their seeming allies, the women of Ògèrè devise a plot to entice the invaders with èbìrìpò and defeat them all.

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