The author, a member of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria, presents text and her own photographs of twenty-six things, from A to Z, representative of all African peoples.
Presents a collection of ten Nigerian folktales, including the stories of a girl who marries a ghost, a lion that hosts an eating competition, and a lazy lizard.
A child in Africa tells about the different jobs performed by his relatives, but has a special feeling for the work done by his grandfather, an expert in the traditional healing arts.
A young boy who lives in London describes his trip to his mother's homeland of Nigeria, discussing the people he met, places he visited, and things he did.