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African Fables
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 51

African Fables

Presents traditional African fables and folk tales which illustrate the advantages of wisdom over strength.

African Folk Tales
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 66

African Folk Tales

Entertaining stories handed down from generation to generation among tribal cultures include "The Magic Crocodile," "The Hare and the Crownbird," "The Boy in the Drum," 15 others. 19 illustrations.

African Folktales
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 385

African Folktales

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-08-03
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  • Publisher: Pantheon

The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages—from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American folklorist Roger D. Abrahams has selected ninety-five tales that suggest both the diversity and the interconnectedness of the people who live there. The storytellers weave imaginative myths of creation and tales of epic deeds, chilling ghost stories, and ribald tales of mischief and magic in the animal and human realms. Abrahams renders these stories in a narrative voice that reverberates with the rhythms of tribal song and dance and the emotional language of universal concerns. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

West African Folk Tales
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 162

West African Folk Tales

Presents twenty-one traditional tales from West Africa, including "The Greedy but Cunning Tortoise," "The Boy in the Drum," and "The Magic Cooking Pot."

South-African Folk-Tales
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 76

South-African Folk-Tales

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-08-10
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  • Publisher: DigiCat

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.

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 156

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales

Mandela, the Nobel Laureate for Peace, has selected 32 African stories for this extraordinary new book, an anthology that presents Africa's oldest folk tales to the children of the world. Full color.

The Annotated African American Folktales (The Annotated Books)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1437

The Annotated African American Folktales (The Annotated Books)

Winner • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction) Winner • Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Award Holiday Gift Guide Selection • Indiewire, San Francisco Chronicle, and Minneapolis Star-Tribune These nearly 150 African American folktales animate our past and reclaim a lost cultural legacy to redefine American literature. Drawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales revolutionizes the canon like no other volume. Following in the tradition of such classics as Arthur Huff Fauset’s “Negro Folk Tales from the South” (1927), Zora Neale Hurston’s ...

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 36

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky

Sun and Moon must leave their earthly home after Sun invites the Sea to visit.

East African Folktales
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 200

East African Folktales

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.

African Myths and Folk Tales
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 210

African Myths and Folk Tales

Compiled by the "Father of Black History," these fables unfold amid a magical realm of tricksters and fairies. Recounted in simple language, they will enchant readers and listeners of all ages. Over 60 illustrations.