Kendi's Garden

Young Kendi desperately wants beautiful purple lotus blossoms to wear in her puffy hair at festival. But her father, Odinegwo, a respected village elder, has other plans in mind. A rift develops between the beloved father anddaughter threatening the small, tight knit family's unity until the father's plans begin to unfold teaching his beloved Kendi Nkem to dream of more than she ever thought possible.Set in an imaginary African village nestled against the mighty river and full of beautiful imagery, culture, and traditions, thischarming parable and all it's characters, lovable and otherwise, reminds us that there is no love like that of a father's for his precious child. As we watch Kendi's story we learn that even when things are hard to understand, we should trust that the father is ever working things for our good.