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African Folktales in the New World

Author : William Russell Bascom

Publisher :

Page : 280 pages

File Size : 41,52 MB

Release : 1992-11-22

Category : History

ISBN :

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"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.



East African Folktales

Author : J.K. Jackson

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 200 pages

File Size : 22,93 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.



African Folktales

Author : Roger Abrahams

Publisher : Pantheon

Page : 385 pages

File Size : 33,20 MB

Release : 2011-08-03

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307803198

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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



African American Folktales

Author : Roger Abrahams

Publisher : Pantheon

Page : 353 pages

File Size : 45,43 MB

Release : 2011-07-27

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 030780318X

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Full of life, wisdom, and humor, these tales range from the earthy comedy of tricksters to accounts of how the world was created and got to be the way it is to moral fables that tell of encounters between masters and slaves. They include stories set down in nineteenth-century travelers' reports and plantation journals, tales gathered by collectors such as Joel Chandler Harris and Zora Neale Hurston, and narratives tape-recorded by Roger Abrahams himself during extensive expeditions throughout the American South and the Caribbean. With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folkore Library



Favorite African Folktales

Author : Nelson Mandela

Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company

Page : 244 pages

File Size : 13,47 MB

Release : 2004-11-23

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780393326246

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Favorite African Folktales is a landmark work that gathers many of Africa's most cherished folktales-stories from an oral heritage that predates Ovid and Aesop-in one extraordinary volume. Nelson Mandela has selected these thirty-two tales, many of them translated from their original tongues, with the specific hope that Africa's oldest stories, as well as a few new ones, will be perpetuated by future generations and appreciated by children and adults throughout the world. Book jacket.



South-African Folk-Tales

Author : James A. Honey

Publisher : DigiCat

Page : 76 pages

File Size : 24,20 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.



How Stories Came Into the World

Author : Joanna Troughton

Publisher :

Page : 38 pages

File Size : 49,96 MB

Release : 1989

Category : Folklore

ISBN : 9780216926059

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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.



African Tales

Author : Gcina Mhlophe

Publisher : Barefoot Books

Page : 99 pages

File Size : 29,62 MB

Release : 2019-09-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1782854444

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This anthology includes eight traditional tales from all over Africa. Sumptuous hand-sewn collage artwork decorated with African beads adorns these unforgettable tales of bravery, wisdom, wit and heroic deeds



The Frog King

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 18,33 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Folklore

ISBN : 9781609731373

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In Kenya, Africa, an old frog named Mahday awakens the god Mmumi to ask for a king who will help the frogs to get along better with other creatures, but Mmumi does not like to be awakened and sends an unpleasant answer to her request. Includes notes.



West African Folk Tales

Author : Hugh Vernon-Jackson

Publisher : Courier Corporation

Page : 162 pages

File Size : 35,76 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."



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