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For Fauziya Kassindja, an idyllic childhood in Togo, West Africa, sheltered from the tribal practices of polygamy and genital mutilation, ended with her beloved father's sudden death. Forced into an arranged marriage at age seventeen, Fauziya was told to prepare for kakia, the ritual also... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Fauziya: she is the main Character
- Laili Basheer: she is a law Student, and she helped Fauziya alot through the story.
- Aisha: she is Fauziya's Sister and she helped runaway
- Layli: Add a description of this character.
- Karen
- Ayisha
- Eric Bowman
- Mary
- Ferlise
- Sylvie
- Rahuf
- Roshan
- Esther
- David Martin
- Allah
- Babs
- Charlie
- Denise
- Jessica
- Sidney
- Rudina
- Frank
- Muslim
- Yaya
- Mimi
- Dulcie
- Carole
- Nadine
- Surita
- Blackman
- Celia Dugger
- Asmahu
- Bahl
- Mrs Bashir
- Mr Williams
- Alma
- Richard
- Lehigh
- Wang
- Bernice
- Kpalime
- Valerie
- Cindy
- Shawana
- Kasinga
- James
- Judy Mann
- Doris Meissner
- Bo Cooper
- Ibrahim
Setting & Locations edit
- Togo
- America
- Germany
- Ghana
- United States
- Ramadan
- China
- New York
- Nigeria
- West Africa
- Philadelphia
- Benin
- Tchamba
- Beijing
- Nileema
- Washington
- Tauziya
- Narhila
- Hudson
- Atlanta
- Mecca
- Islam
- Amariya
- Newark
- D.c.
- Pennsylvania
- Koussountu
- Virginia
- New Jersey
- Egypt
- Libya
- Ophelia
- Hausa
- California
- Georgia
- Canada
- Britain
- Strassenbabn
- Italy
- Zaire
First Sentence edit
I needed to go home before I forgot my home, forgot where I came from, who I was, who my people were.
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Page Count: 520
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Page Count: 520
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- Dewey: 305.48691
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