My Book Circle's Review of _Kisisi (Our Language): The Story of Colin and Sadiki_

One of our projects for APLING 603 (Cross-Cultural Perspectives) was to read and discuss a book on linguistics and then present a review (including summary, critique, recommendation, questions, favorite quotes, and connections to our course) for our classmates.

Here is my group's review, set up in the style of a Goodreads book review:

http://kisisi.weebly.com

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