Title: A gift from childhood
Description: A memoir in which Baba Diakité recalls the time he spent as a child with his grandparents in a tiny Malian village where he learned to catch a catfish with his bare hands, listened to his grandmother's stories, and soaked in other life lessons until it was decided he was educated enough to attend school in the city where his talents as an artist and storyteller were nurtured.
Subjects: Juvenile literature, Childhood and youth, Ouvrages pour la jeunesse, Enfance et jeunesse, African Authors, Biography, Social life and customs, Biographies, Mœurs et coutumes, Manners and customs, Africa, west, biography, Mali, Africa, social life and customs, Africa, west, juvenile literature
Places: Mali
People: Baba Wagué Diakité, Baba Wague Diakite