CHARACTERS
Lydia
What is the name of Abena’s aunt?
The market where Abena's Aunt has as shop.
Makola Market
The country this story is set in.
What is Ghana?
The contest Abena has entered.
What is Junior Journalists?
How long Faiza has been in Accra.
What is She has just arrived?
Gifty
Who is the girl that lives with Abena and her Auntie.
The home where Abena is living for the summer.
What is Aunt Lydia's home.
A Ghanaian word that means “load” or “goods”.
What is Kaya?
The reason Abena's mother is gone.
What is to have a baby in the UK
The word that describes how the rice Abena cooks for her Aunt turns out.
What is crunchy?
Blankson
What is the name of the Electrical shop owners?
The way they refer to the school Abena attends.
What is “The American School”?
A folded head tie originally from Nigeria.
What is a gele?
The type of account Abena set up for her Auntie.
What is email?
Abena is disappointed that her Auntie’s shop does not have this item.
What is a cash till?
Koshie
What is the name of Abena’s cousin who came to live with her family?
The place Abena's father can "barely get away from... these days."
What is the clinic?
A slang expression that means disgusting or low quality.
What is nyama-nyama?
The reason Abena and her Auntie get in an argument in Chapter 5.
What is Auntie saying mean things about Faiza?
The language Faiza speaks.
What is Dagbanli?
Asana
What is the name of Faiza’s cousin who did not want to marry “Alhaji Brown Teeth”?
The town that is close to the village Faiza comes from.
What is Tolon?
A muslim man who has completed his Hajj.
What is an Alhaji?
The answer Faiza gives when Abena asks her what she would like to do in her life (other than get married).
What is "go to school"?
What Faiza says when Abena proclaims that she hates okro.
What is, "It is my best crop"?