{"product_id":"nana-goes-to-guinea-the-road-to-kindia-paperback","title":"Nana Goes to Guinea: The Road To Kindia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSafiyatou Camara Malloy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNana Kwadwo Camara-Malloy\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen four-year-old Nana Kwadwo steps off the plane in Guinea, he hears it before he sees anything else - the pulse of the Doundounba rhythm, calling him home before he even knows the word for home. On the winding red road to Kindia, a bird's song becomes a melody, the mountains hum with anticipation, and by the time he and his cousin Bouba arrive, an entire village celebration is already in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is where the sound lives. Nana meets the djembe, quick and commanding under skilled hands. He meets the balafon, the wooden-keyed storyteller that sings instead of speaks. He meets the three dununs - Dununba, the big bass heartbeat; Sangban, the melodic voice; and Kenkeni, the smallest and quickest - playing together like a family that has never once fallen out of step. And when his own hands finally touch a drum for the first time, the whole village dances harder because of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoad to Kindia is Book 1 in the Guinea Series of the Follow the Sound with Nana picture book collection, a richly illustrated journey tracing the African drum from its roots in West Africa across the diaspora. Written with real Guinean traditions, instruments, and language at its heart, this book includes a pronunciation guide, a vocabulary index of the rhythms and instruments introduced, and a hands-on Clap the Pattern activity that lets young readers play the very beat Nana learns to feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntended for children ages 2 to 10.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.11 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 11, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48643732275421,"sku":"9798997720308","price":31.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/ECCsSN9jgc9798997720308.webp?v=1789807836","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/nana-goes-to-guinea-the-road-to-kindia-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}