![]() Then ceremonial dancing begins, to the beat of ceremonial drums. After exchanging gifts, the village storyteller, Komla, who is Amari's own father, starts telling tales about the past. ![]() The men arrive later, along with warriors from the Ashanti, a nearby tribe. ![]() After talking with her mother about these people, they conclude that they must welcome these people, and start making preparations for their guests. She meets up with Besa, who is going to the elders of the village, claiming to have seen strangers who have "skin the color of goat’s milk.” She goes back to her family's home, uneasy. Amari then starts describing her village. Kwasi teases Amari by saying he saw her promised to Besa, a drummer from their village. Kwasi is in a coconut tree when Amari tells him to get down and bring some fruits to their mother. ![]() Plot Īmari, a 15-year old girl, is with Kwasi, her 8-year old brother, in her village of Ziavi, Africa. Copper Sun addresses the Transatlantic Slave Trade, slavery in America, and freedom. When Draper traveled to Ghana, West Africa, she visited the Point of No Return and the castles had thousands of slaves that were kept before getting on the ship which made her inspired to write this novel. Copper Sun is a 2006 young adult novel by Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Sharon Draper. ![]()
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