West African Folktales
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Author | : Hugh Vernon-Jackson |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2012-03-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0486149811 |
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Collection of traditional folk tales introduces a host of interesting people and unusual animals — among them "The Cricket and the Toad," "The Tortoise and His Broken Shell," and "The Boy in the Drum."
Author | : Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | : Northwestern University Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1991-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 081010993X |
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Collection of West African folktales drawn from prose narratives, proverbs, riddles, and songs.
Author | : J.K. Jackson |
Publisher | : Flame Tree 451 |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2021-10-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781839647802 |
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Tricksters and animals play an important role in West African folklore with stories that entertain but serve a moral purpose. Traditions and local tales revel in the antics of these characters: from Nigeria to Benin, from the cunning spider god Anansi to Agemo, the chameleon spirit deity of the Yoruba people, animals teach humans to farm, to love, to survive and thrive, and offer inspiration for moral purpose. This new collection is created for the modern reader. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and robots, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales, ancient and modern gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
Author | : William Henry Barker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Thirty-six tales from Africa's Gold Coast, include several "Anansi tales" as well as stories about many African animals.
Author | : Elphinstone Dayrell |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780395539637 |
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Sun and Moon must leave their earthly home after Sun invites the Sea to visit.
Author | : J.K. Jackson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2022-05-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1839649488 |
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From the rift valley come stories of gods, tricksters, cattle and ogres from the many peoples of East Africa. Traditional stories bring a deeper understanding of the movement of peoples across East Africa. Common roots and differences between ancient peoples create a lively portrait with their fragile, powerful gods. The modern nations of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and more inherit the folk and mythic tales of the rift valley region. Here you'll find stories of ogres and tricksters, riddles and poems, figures such as the first man (Gikuyu) and woman (Mumbi), and great heroes of history such as Liongo. This new collection is created for the modern reader. FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
Author | : James A. Honey |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2022-08-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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This collection of folktales from South Africa has been put together the author says, not for scholarship but for a love of the sunny country where he was born. Some stories originate from Dutch sources, and some have several versions. Most are tales told by the bushmen.
Author | : Robert Hamill Nassau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Animals |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Steven H. Gale |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill/Glencoe |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
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Readers everywhere and of any age will be both entertained and instructed by these timeless stories--more than 40 tales of human foibles, magic, and nature--representing fifteen countries, including Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, and Senegal.
Author | : Harold Courlander |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1987-03-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780805002980 |
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Contains seventeen stories gathered from the Ashantis of West Africa.