Joy Takes Root Cultural Heritage Fiction Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese

Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who finds himself fighting as a so-called Chocolat soldier with the French army during World War I

from the wage gap to biases and micro-aggressions

showcasing the evolution of her distinctive style as an archivist and author

the boundaries of Copeland’s life are demarcated from the jump by urban toxicity

and to feel good about the journey

Joy Takes Root Cultural Heritage Fiction Alfa Ndiaye is a SenegaleseIn her grandmother's garden, a young Black girl learns about mindfulness and herbal medicine in this soothing intergenerational story about our connection to nature. It's Joy's first summer in her grandmother's South Carolina gardena rite of passage. In the midst of okra, spinach, and strawberries, Grammy teaches Joy that plants are friends with many uses. Herbs, for example, can be turned into medicine. There in Grammy's abundant backyard, Joy learns