num_pages: 192
description: In the tradition of The Whiteness of Bones, the poignant, funny, and utterly winning story of an African girl's metamorphosis into an upper-class English schoolgirl—with an edge. Bedford, who herself survived leaving Nigeria behind for England, turns her heroine's passage through the labyrinth of race and culture into a bittersweet but triumphant odyssey.
language: English
title: Yoruba Girl Dancing
titlecomplete: Yoruba Girl Dancing
genres: Literature, Womens, Fiction, Race, African American Literature, Africa, Nigeria, British Literature
ratings_count: 157
places: England
publisher: Penguin Books