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Nana Akua Goes to School

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Nana Akua Goes to School

Tricia Elam Walker

Nana Akua Goes to School — celebrates cultural differences with the use of Adinkra symbols and a little girl worried about taking her nana to school for Grandparents Day because of her traditional facial markings.

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