Title However long the night : Molly Melching's journey to help millions of African women and girls triumph / Aimee Molloy.

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San Francisco : HarperOne, 2013.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction	392.1096 MOL	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	381.485 M73	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies	B MELCHING MOLLY M	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	B-MELCHING, M.	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	xv, 252 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Contents	Book 1. Dogu gi (the decision) -- Xabaar bu mag bi (breaking the silence) -- Tawféex (coming into her own) -- Wàcc-bees bi (the newcomer) -- Teraanga ji (welcome) -- Tostan -- Maasawu (empathy) -- Démb ak tey (yesterday and today) -- Njàng mu xóot (deep learning) -- Njàngale mi (teaching) -- Jabar ak ndey (wife and mother) -- Lu guddi gi yàgg-yàgg (however long the night) -- Sañ-sañi doom aadama (human rights) -- Ngir sunuy doom yu jigéen (for our daughters) -- Yeewu-yeete (showing the way) -- Book 2. Yewwiku (deliverance) -- Yoonu diisoo (choosing dialogue) -- Tànki jàmm (feet of peace) -- Biral gi (the public declaration) -- Jëf, gëstu (from practice to theory) -- Alhamdulilaa (thanks be to God) -- Njàmbaar (courage) -- Fajar gi (dawn of a new day) -- Bàyyil dex gi daw (let the river flow) -- Pas-pas (perseverance) -- Jant bi dina fenk (the sun will rise).
Summary	"In However Long the Night, Aimee Molloy tells the unlikely and inspiring story of Molly Melching, an American woman whose experience as an exchange student in Senegal led her to found Tostan and dedicate almost four decades of her life to the girls and women of Africa"--Publisher's web site.
Subject	Tostan (Organization : Senegal)
	Melching, Molly.
	Female genital mutilation -- Africa -- Prevention.
	Human rights -- Africa.
	Human rights workers -- Africa.
	Non-governmental organizations -- Africa.
	Community education -- Africa.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Philanthropy & Charity.
	Melching, Molly. (OCoLC)fst01520992
	Tostan (Organization : Senegal) (OCoLC)fst01566302
	Human rights. (OCoLC)fst00963285
	Community education. (OCoLC)fst00870904
	Female circumcision -- Prevention. (OCoLC)fst00922604
	Human rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00963353
	Non-governmental organizations. (OCoLC)fst01038524
	Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
	Female circumcision -- Africa -- Prevention.
	Human rights -- Africa.
	Human rights workers.
	Tostan (Organization : Senegal)
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Other Form:	Online version: Molloy, Aimee. However long the night: Molly Melching's journey to help millions of African women and girls triumph. 1st ed. San Francisco : HarperOne, 2013 9780062132802 (OCoLC)841414057
ISBN	9780062132765
	0062132768
	9780062265753 (intl)
	006226575X (intl)
	9780062132796
	0062132792
Standard No.	40022263860

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