Nella lontana terra d’Africa, su una stretta striscia di terra protesa tra mare e laguna, sorge un piccolo villaggio. È qui che vive Sosu. Con i suoi genitori, una sorella di nome Fafa e un fratello più piccolo, Bubu... Sosu non può camminare, e anche se papà e mamma fanno di tutto per farlo sentire come un bambino normale non tutti accettano la sua presenza. Eppure sarà proprio lui, con coraggio e determinazione, a salvare il villaggio dalla furia delle acque della laguna, dando l’allarme con un tamburo, il cui richiamo fa accorrere gli uomini e le donne dai villaggi vicini.

Autore: Meshack Asare

• 1999 UNESCO 1st Prize for Children’s Literature in the Service of Tolerance.

• Listed among the Top twelve of Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century.

• Listed 2001 IBBY Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities.

• Honor Book Award; African Studies Association/Library of Congress.

• 2005 IBBY Award; Brazil.

AWARDS

Sosu’s Call by Ghana’s Meshack Asare is a story of heroism and resolve. Sosu, is a young disabled boy who cannot walk. He misses going to school and all the activities of the other children. All alone in his family’s compound when disaster strikes on a day when everyone is away fishing, working in the fields, or at school. The waters are rising. Sosu manages to make his way through the rising waters up the hill, he raises the alarm with his drumming and saves the village from total destruction by the sea. His heroism is rewarded when a wheelchair is donated and at last, he can go to school.