[PDF] West African Folktales eBook

Author : Hugh Vernon-Jackson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 22,78 MB
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : 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
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,60 MB
Release : 1991-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 081010993X

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Collection of West African folktales drawn from prose narratives, proverbs, riddles, and songs.

Author : Steven H. Gale
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 38,59 MB
Release : 1995
Category : 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 : J.K. Jackson
Publisher : Flame Tree 451
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 32,19 MB
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : 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 :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 19,80 MB
Release : 1917
Category : 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
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 26,36 MB
Release : 1968
Category : 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
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 26,50 MB
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : 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 : Hugh Vernon-Jackson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 22,21 MB
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0486110028

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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.

Author : James A. Honey
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 47,88 MB
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : 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.