Golden Girl by Lorato Trok PAPERBACK 9781431434978

Name: Golden Girl by Lorato Trok PAPERBACK 9781431434978
Brand: Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd

Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd

Golden GirlAuthor(s): Lorato Trok\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd, South Africa\nImprint: Jacana Media\nISBN-13: 9781431434978, 978-1431434978\nSynopsis\nBorn in 1933 on Farm Klapien in Olifantshoek, Upington, Northern Cape Province, Katrina Esau has an extraordinary story. As the last fluent N|uu speaker, children must hear just how valuable and fragile languages can be. Golden Girl: The Story of Katrina Esau by Lorato Trok and Wendy Hartmann, illustrated by Elizabeth Pulles, does precisely this in a richly textured childrens book, which embraces Ouma Katrinas voice beautifully. \n\n On Farm Klapien, the family is forbidden from speaking Katrinas language, N|uu. Despite this, Katrina speaks N|uu with her parents in secret. Katrina longs to go to school, but her parents know that the farmers strict rules and the apartheid laws would not allow this. Ouma Katrina and her family walk over 170 km to Upington, a small town in the Northern Cape, to make a new life. He.