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Part 1: The Girl Child (Chapters 1 - 6)

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Ogola, Margaret, A. The River and the Source. Focus Books, 2004. Original.

• Part 1: Chapter 1 introduces the reader to the birth and naming of Akoko Adoyo Akelo Obanda.

• The community in which she is born values male children over female ones, but despite this, Akoko is given four names according to tradition.

• Her father, Chief Odero Goggin, expects a son, and this highlights the traditional values of the community, including polygamy and the preference for male children.

• The chapter explores the naming rituals of the community, and superstition is evident in the way Akoko's illness is dealt with, leading to her final name, Akello.

• Despite the community's views on female children, Akoko proves to be uniquely determined and able to compete with her numerous brothers.

• This earns her the admiration of...

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