Folayan's Promise (Legacy of the Gold Banded Box)

Folayan's Promise (Legacy of the Gold Banded Box) by Brown, Phyllis Jane. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781948550017.

Will Papas box of treasures reveal the destiny of his long-awaited girl child? Will the strangers gold stone that marked her birth be a bad omen? Will the chieftains daughter succeed in her quest to claim the man Folayan loves? Long awaited girl-child, in whom the fate of the clan exists, Folayan remains the adored only daughter of Fanti parents. Her mother often reminds her that Folayan means "one who walks in dignity." Beautiful, talented, and different like the gleaming stone, Folayan wants to stay safe, and marry. When the village celebrates her womanhood, she holds the mysterious nugget to her heart. Her anxiety mounts. Will her only love offer his hand? Will her Papa accept it? Is the strangers pebble of gold a blessing of a bright future ... or is it a warning that her world will shatter on the edge of hwaani hwanni light? The slave traders are circling Kormantse. Will the village survive? Will Folayans family? Will she? In The legacy of the Gold-Banded Box, Book 1: Folayans Promise, Phyllis Brown creates a palate of life, thriving and woven with dreams within the village of Kormantse, located on the Gold Coast of West Africa.