Folayan's Promise (Legacy of the Gold Banded Box)

Will Papa's box of treasures reveal the destiny of his long-awaited girl child?

Will the stranger's gold stone that marked her birth be a bad omen?

Will the chieftain's daughter succeed in her quest to claim the man Folayan loves?

Long awaited girl-child, in whom the fate of the clan exists, Folayan remains the adored only daughter of Fanti parents. Her mother often reminds her that Folayan means "one who walks in dignity."

Beautiful, talented, and different like the gleaming stone, Folayan wants to stay safe, and marry. When the village celebrates her womanhood, she holds the mysterious nugget to her heart. Her anxiety mounts. Will her only love offer his hand? Will her Papa accept it? Is the stranger's pebble of gold a blessing of a bright future ... or is it a warning that her world will shatter on the edge of hwaani hwanni light?

The slave traders are circling Kormantse. Will the village survive? Will Folayan's family? Will she?

In The legacy of the Gold-Banded Box, Book 1: Folayan's Promise, Phyllis Brown creates a palate of life, thriving and woven with dreams within the village of Kormantse, located on the Gold Coast of West Africa.

Phyllis J. Brown has published two African American Literature and Cultural Activities Kits for Educators, grades K-3 and 4-6; poetry, her Master's Degree thesis entitled: Narratives of Enslaved People: Lifting the Veil, Resisting the Peculiar Institution; and a play that she also directed which was performed in several California venues, entitled, O Freedom! In pursuit of historical authenticity for Folayan's Promise, she visited 3 continents, and 34 countries, including 14 in Africa to create a rich palette of culturally authentic African heritage, with its perils of enslavement, as well as, traditions, triumphs and African contributions to the world portrayed in The Legacy of the Gold-Banded Box series. Author, speaker, and coach Phyllis Brown, is a California Literature Consultant, who was honored to be a finalist for the Teacher of Excellence award. Her five-book series, The Legacy of the Gold-Banded Box, received the Outstanding Fiction award at the Southern California Writers' Conference.