By Skoll World Forum, Contributor
In However Long the Night, Aimee Molloy tells the unlikely and inspiring story of Molly Melching, an American woman whose experience as an exchange student in Senegal led her to found Tostan and dedicate almost four decades of her life to the girls and women of Africa. This moving biography details Melching’s beginnings at the University of Dakar and follows her journey through of 40 years of work throughout West and East Africa, where she became a social entrepreneur and one of humanity’s strongest voices for the rights of girls and women.