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Author: Joanna Troughton
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13: 9780216926059
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnce 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: Hugh Vernon-Jackson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-03-15
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 0486149811
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollection 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: J.K. Jackson
Publisher: Flame Tree 451
Published: 2021-10-12
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781839647802
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTricksters 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: Elphinstone Dayrell
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 188
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Harold Courlander
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1987-03-15
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780805002980
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains seventeen stories gathered from the Ashantis of West Africa.
Author: Steven H. Gale
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKReaders 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: William Henry Barker
Publisher:
Published: 1917
Total Pages: 236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThirty-six tales from Africa's Gold Coast, include several "Anansi tales" as well as stories about many African animals.
Author: Robert Hamill Nassau
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 264
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Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2020-07-07
Total Pages: 553
ISBN-13: 1839643102
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfrica south of the Sahara is a land of wide-ranging traditions and varying cultures. Despite the diversity and the lack of early written records, the continent possesses a rich body of folk tales and legends that have been passed down through the strong custom of storytelling and which often share similar elements, characters and ideas between peoples. So this collection offers a hefty selection of legends and tales – stories of the gods, creation and origins, trickster exploits, animal fables and stories which entertain and edify – from ‘Obatala Creates Mankind’, from the Yoruba people of west Africa, to ‘The Girl Of The Early Race, Who Made Stars’, from the San people of southern Africa, all collected in a gorgeous gold-foiled and embossed hardback to treasure.
Author: Stephen Krensky
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Published: 2007-08-01
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 1580136559
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe sky god Nyame owns all the stories in the world. He keeps them to himself in a box in his kingdom in the clouds. But Anansi thinks the stories should be shared by all creatures. So one day he strikes a bargain with the sky god. If Anansi can trick some of the earth’s fiercest and quickest creatures, Nyame will share his stories. Learn how Anansi wins the box of stories in this ancient tale from West Africa.
