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Gr 2-4 In a small village in contemporary Mali, eight-year-old Yatandou dreams of things she would like: new earrings, an education, and the freedom to soar like an eagle. These wishes seem impossible in a small, desert village where fetching water, collecting firewood, and pounding millet with a stick require a full day's labor from the girl, her mother, her grandmother, and her aunts just to survive. One day, Yatandou leads her precious goat, Sunjata, to market to s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Yatandou tells how the lives of women in her Malian village change when a machine takes over the laborious, often painful job...Log In or Sign Up to Read More