Yeseni and the Daughter of Peace Graduation thousands of African American children

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Literary Fiction

Yeseni and the Daughter of Peace Graduation thousands of African American childrenBy Solange Burrell 'Powerful' Irenosen Okojie, author of Butterfly Fish The year is 1748. Elewa, known as the Daughter of Peace, bears a heavy responsibility on her young shoulders: to maintain the fragile truce between the warring peoples of her West African kingdom. But as she begins to understand her role in the peace negotiations, even greater pressures emerge. Elewa discovers that she has Yeseni, a powerful gift that allows her to see events from