When Lethaboβs mama asks her what she wants for her birthday, Lethabo doesnβt know… until she meets Felix, the Anansi spider from Ghana. Felix shows her his wonderful drumming skills, and tells her to ask her mama for a West African drum. This is worrying news for Lethaboβs poor mama, who has very little money, but then she remembers her beloved father and some of his things that she still has under her bedβ¦
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