Theme level makes it more suited to grade 11 than 10, but language level could be grade 10

• Would be challenging for core students - only a strong grade 12 class

• Grade 9 FI could handle

• Lots of argot, créole

Book based on a movie

Potential trigger - reference to sexual activity; someone spends the night, no details about it though

Summary - young boy walks from his village to Dakar to see his favourite writer, the writer walks/accompanies the young boy home, it’s a journey

• "Be careful when you meet your heroes" message

Stereotypes, essentialism, tokenism - works against these

• “Ça va bouleverser les stéréotypes”

Unpack ideas about Africa as a continent and then specific African countries

Lots of moments of joy

• Eating food - cooking as love

• Reconnecting with culture

• Music

Contemporary issues - connecting to your roots, importance of culture/traditions

Learn a lot about Senegalese culture

4-5 week unit

• Easy as a whole unit or a book club

• 190 pages

Movie was good, but liked the book better

• Movie stars Omar Sy

Highly recommend!!