Chinye

Chinye

Genre: Stories from Other Cultures
Author: Obi Onyefulu
Illustrator: Evie Safarewicz
Year published: 1994
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Number of pages: 32

Synopsis / Book blurb

This is an alternative cinderella story from Nigeria.

Poor Chinye! Back and forth through the forest she goes, fetching and carrying for her cruel stepmother. But strange powers are watching over her… How Chinye discovers the magic of the gourds and transforms her life is enchantingly retold in this traditional West African story of goodness, greed, and a treasure-house of gold.