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Front Matter and Chapters 1 through 3

· The following version of this memoir was used to create this Lesson Plan: Nyamayaro, Elizabeth. I Am a Girl from Africa: A Memoir of Empowerment, Community, and Hope. E-book. Simon & Schuster, 2021.

· After a pair of dedications and an epigraph, the memoir begins with Chapter 1, the narrating protagonist lying at age eight under a tree in the middle of a barren field.

· In a new section, the narrator unsuccessfully bids herself stand, relating her slack, supine position and circumstances amid a drought and considering her imminent death.

· The local famine is noted, the narrator contrasting past circumstances to present ones in her small village.

· The protagonist recalls family celebrations, describing them and the communal life in her small village.

· The then-current drought and following famine are detailed, as are reactions to it.

· A new section details the narrator being left on her own for...

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