All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Ghana - This place is a republic in West Africa.

Cairo, Egypt - This place is where Ms. Angelou lived, where she suffered a divorce, and where she visited old friends and sang for the president of Liberia.

Keta - This place is the village that Ms. Angelou visited where she was mistaken for a relative of some of the villagers.

Ewe - This is a dialect spoken by villagers.

Fanti - This is one of the many tribal languages spoken in Africa and one that Ms. Angelou learned to speak.

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