Author : Hugh Vernon-Jackson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,82 MB
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0486149811
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 : 26,46 MB
Release : 1991-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 081010993X
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 : 16,67 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
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 : 40,88 MB
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781839647802
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 : 27,51 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Thirty-six tales from Africa's Gold Coast, include several "Anansi tales" as well as stories about many African animals.
Author : Joanna Troughton
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 36,67 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 9780216926059
Once only Mouse knew, and kept to himself, the stories of how the world came to be until angry Lightning broke down Mouse's door and the stories escaped into the world.
Author : Robert Hamill Nassau
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 23,68 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Animals
ISBN :
Author : J.K. Jackson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 12,80 MB
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1839649488
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 : 33,13 MB
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0486110028
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 : William Russell Bascom
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 39,72 MB
Release : 1992-11-22
Category : History
ISBN :
"These essays . . . are of immense importance to anyone interested in the issues of origins and folklore texts." —Choice " . . . this is Bascom at his best. . . . an attractive and full-bodied book." —Fabula These essays, devoted to traditional narratives found in Africa and in the New World, represent the last major research project of William Bascom (1912-1981), eminent authority on African art and folklore—his intention was to demonstrate the African roots of African American folktales.
