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However long the night: Molly Melching's journey to help millions of African women and girls triumph / Aimee Molloy

By: Molloy, Aimee.
Publisher: San Francisco : HarperOne, 2014Edition: First edition.Description: xv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780062132796.Subject(s): Tostan (Organization : Senegal) -- Juvenile literature | Female circumcision -- Africa -- Prevention -- Juvenile literature | Human rights -- Africa -- Juvenile literature | Human rights workers -- Africa -- Juvenile literature | Non-governmental organizations -- Africa -- Juvenile literature | Community education -- Africa -- Juvenile literatureGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Book 1. Dogu gi (the decision) -- Xabaar bu mag bi (breaking the silence) -- Tawféex (coming into her own) -- Wàcc-bees bi (the newcomer) -- Teraanga ji (welcome) -- Tostan -- Maasawu (empathy) -- Démb ak tey (yesterday and today) -- Njàng mu xóot (deep learning) -- Njàngale mi (teaching) -- Jabar ak ndey (wife and mother) -- Lu guddi gi yàgg-yàgg (however long the night) -- Sañ-sañi doom aadama (human rights) -- Ngir sunuy doom yu jigéen (for our daughters) -- Yeewu-yeete (showing the way) -- Book 2. Yewwiku (deliverance) -- Yoonu diisoo (choosing dialogue) -- Tànki jàmm (feet of peace) -- Biral gi (the public declaration) -- Jëf, gëstu (from practice to theory) -- Alhamdulilaa (thanks be to God) -- Njàmbaar (courage) -- Fajar gi (dawn of a new day) -- Bàyyil dex gi daw (let the river flow) -- Pas-pas (perseverance) -- Jant bi dina fenk (the sun will rise)
Summary: "In However Long the Night, Aimee Molloy tells the unlikely and inspiring story of Molly Melching, an American woman whose experience as an exchange student in Senegal led her to found Tostan and dedicate almost four decades of her life to the girls and women of Africa"--Publisher's web site
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Book 1. Dogu gi (the decision) -- Xabaar bu mag bi (breaking the silence) -- Tawféex (coming into her own) -- Wàcc-bees bi (the newcomer) -- Teraanga ji (welcome) -- Tostan -- Maasawu (empathy) -- Démb ak tey (yesterday and today) -- Njàng mu xóot (deep learning) -- Njàngale mi (teaching) -- Jabar ak ndey (wife and mother) -- Lu guddi gi yàgg-yàgg (however long the night) -- Sañ-sañi doom aadama (human rights) -- Ngir sunuy doom yu jigéen (for our daughters) -- Yeewu-yeete (showing the way) -- Book 2. Yewwiku (deliverance) -- Yoonu diisoo (choosing dialogue) -- Tànki jàmm (feet of peace) -- Biral gi (the public declaration) -- Jëf, gëstu (from practice to theory) -- Alhamdulilaa (thanks be to God) -- Njàmbaar (courage) -- Fajar gi (dawn of a new day) -- Bàyyil dex gi daw (let the river flow) -- Pas-pas (perseverance) -- Jant bi dina fenk (the sun will rise)

"In However Long the Night, Aimee Molloy tells the unlikely and inspiring story of Molly Melching, an American woman whose experience as an exchange student in Senegal led her to found Tostan and dedicate almost four decades of her life to the girls and women of Africa"--Publisher's web site

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