Status
Available
Collection
Publication
Gulliver Books (1996), Edition: First American Edition, 32 pages
Description
In a Nigerian village, people in the same age group, called ogbo, work together for the good of the community.
Local notes
School Library Journal, 03/31/1996
Gr 1-5 Onyefulu's vibrant full-color photography and clear, direct language communicate images of African village life that are aesthetically appealing and also real. She focuses on the role of "age sets" in an Igbo village as six-year-old Obioma explains that "no one is born alone" among her people. The child goes on to tell about the activities of her age group or ogbo and those to which the various members of her family belong. As each group is shown working and playing together, readers get a firsthand look at customs that are too often portrayed as simply exotic. Ogbo is unique in showing children the actual human dynamics of a culture different from their own. An author's note and parenthetical pronunciation guides will be helpful to adults introducing the book. Appealing across a wide age range, this superb title shows one of the ways in which an African culture raises youngsters, by assuring that every individual belongs and grows with its group into progressive levels of community responsibility. Loretta Kreider Andrews, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD
Gr 1-5 Onyefulu's vibrant full-color photography and clear, direct language communicate images of African village life that are aesthetically appealing and also real. She focuses on the role of "age sets" in an Igbo village as six-year-old Obioma explains that "no one is born alone" among her people. The child goes on to tell about the activities of her age group or ogbo and those to which the various members of her family belong. As each group is shown working and playing together, readers get a firsthand look at customs that are too often portrayed as simply exotic. Ogbo is unique in showing children the actual human dynamics of a culture different from their own. An author's note and parenthetical pronunciation guides will be helpful to adults introducing the book. Appealing across a wide age range, this superb title shows one of the ways in which an African culture raises youngsters, by assuring that every individual belongs and grows with its group into progressive levels of community responsibility. Loretta Kreider Andrews, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD
Subjects
Awards
CCBC Choices (1996)
Notable Children's Book (1997)