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    Adwoa
    Adwoa
    Adwoa
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    Adwoa

    By Solomon A. Minta

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    Adwoa, arrives in a foreign country to learn that she is
    regarded by her school mates as a different person. At school the children
    laugh at her. She comes home one day
    and asks her mother why the children call her African.style="mso-spacerun: yes">



    Adwoas concerns are
    the problems of mainly every African child. They are oftenstyle="mso-spacerun: yes"> humiliated by their peers. They are made to
    believe that they are backward. Because of this ridiculous humiliation, many
    African children shun their culture. Some they refuse to eat their native
    dishes, wear heir native garb, and even refuse to speak their mother
    tongue. Adwoa is resilient and is thus
    admired for retaining elements of her culture even in the midst of another
    dominant culture



    Ghana, is known to be the friendliest country in the world.
    But do we get back the same treatment accorded to us when we travel?



    One of the answers to this question comes from the point of
    view of Adwoa as she expresses herself in the book.



    Adwoa echoes the sentiments of other Africans in the
    Diaspora. Her voice has become their voices, her concerns are their concerns,
    her problems are their problems.



    Adwoa should be in the mind of every child and adult
    irrespective of race or color.



    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateNov 6, 2003
    ISBN9781410785596
    Adwoa
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    Solomon A. Minta

    Mr. Solomon Minta was born in Ghana, West Africa and now a resident in the United States of America. He has been living in Washington, D.C. for more than two decades. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from Howard University and Masters in City and Urban Planning from the University of the District of Columbia. Mr. Minta writes on various subjects and disciplines, especially about human relationships, black suffrage and how the Africans and the Africans in diaspora can live together as brothers and sisters. ADWOA addresses a small aspect of a global problem for foreigners.. 

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