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Kankan

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Kankan

Town and capital of Haute-Guinée province, Guinea, situated on the banks of the Milo River; population (1996) 100,200, (2007 calc) 117,200. The centre for the Malinke people and also for the remote Nimba Mountains area in the southeast, Kankan is linked by rail and road with Conakry on the coast, 520 km/323 mi to the west. Industries include petroleum storage and distribution.



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From this historic material Khephra Burns invents a story of Kankan Musa's childhood that is part coming-of-age tale, part cautionary tale, and part fairy tale.
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