Chapter One
Told in music
Once, there was a girl who lost her voice
Mimi loved to sing. She sang at the market with Mama, she sang to the goats in the yard, she sang stories of the Yoruba moon and the Igbo forest. But one day — her voice disappeared.
No one could explain it. Not the doctor, not the elders. Only music could find what words could not.
Mimi's Voice follows one brave, spirited Nigerian girl on a journey through African sound — djembe rhythms, talking drums, Afrobeats, and ancient lullabies — until she discovers that her voice was never truly gone. It was waiting to be found.
"A story that feels like a warm hug from Nigeria itself."
Early reader, Lagos
