Nii Kwei’s Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a Ghanaian City (A Child s Day)

Age Range:  5- 8 years

Nii Kwei lives in Accra, the capital of Ghana. He gets up at 6 o’clock every morning. He helps his sisters and brother tidy up the compound, then he eats a breakfast of coco (corn porridge), bread, fried eggs and a chocolate drink. At 7:30 he goes to school in a taxi. Later, on his way home, he goes to Abraham’s material store with his mother. He ends the day playing football with his cousins, back at the compound. This book is part of the series A Child’s Day, photographic information books concentrating on the daily lives and experiences of children in countries around the world, published in association with Oxfam. The other books in the series are Bongani’s Day (South Africa), Boushra’s Day (Egypt), Cássio’s Day (Brazil), Enrique’s Day (Peru), Geeta’s Day (India), Huy and Vinh’s Day (Vietnam), Iina Marja’s Day (Lapland), Polina’s Day (Russia) and Yikang’s Day (China).