Book: Freddie Girl

Book Cover

We recently learned about a book called Freddie Girl written by Nona David, which is published by Bernard Books Publishing.

While the concept of sending children from the western world to boarding schools in Africa sounds odd, it has been tried.

The documentary "The boys from Baraka" the viewers could follow some U.S. high school students through their journey to Kenya.

An article in a newspaper from the United Kingdom told a story about a number of English students, who were shipped to Nigeria where corporal punishment is still allowed so they could get spanked into submission.




References:
Novels - Bernard Books Publishing
Homepage of the documentary
African cane tames unruly British pupils (Sunday Times, London, 4 November 2007)