Tales from Nigeria-Ibibio
Tales from Nigeria-Ibibio

Author: Emma Umana Clasberry

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2014-06-16

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9781500227562

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Legends and myths are folktales, stories passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation. They increase our knowledge about some natural and super-natural phenomena that impact cultural beliefs and practices of a particular people at a particualr locality. As learning tools, they enhance our social skills and comprehension. Parents, teachers in formal and non-formal school settings, and family elders need to increase the current rate of teaching legends and myths to the same level or frequency fables are taught so that a people's cultural traditions do not get lost during their generation. Just as we received these stories from our great grand-parents, so should our children have similar or even better opportunities to receive same from us.

Nigerian Folk Stories Collected From The Efik, Ibibio & People of Ikom
Nigerian Folk Stories Collected From The Efik, Ibibio & People of Ikom

Author: Elphinstone Dayrell

Publisher:

Published: 2021-10

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9789492355485

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Elphinstone Dayrell collected folk tales from the Efik and Ibibio peoples of Southeastern Nigeria. The scope of these tales encompasses local mythology and stories suitable for children, to tales so cruel they will still shock a modern public.

How & why Stories
How & why Stories

Author: Martha Hamilton

Publisher: august house

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780874835625

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Did you ever look carefully at a spider's web? If their purpose is strictly to catch flies, why do spiders weave such beautiful, intricate webs? Did you ever wonder what causes thunder? Why is the sea salty? How did tigers get their stripes? In this collection of delightful tales from around the world and through the ages, each story explains why an animal, plant, or natural object looks or acts the way it does.

African Folktales
African Folktales

Author: Paul Radin

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2015-03-08

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1400872944

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A representative collection of eighty-one myths and folktales chosen from the oral tradition of the peoples of Africa south of the Sahara. Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Tales from Africa
Tales from Africa

Author:

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780192750792

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Drawn from all parts of Africa, these stories for children aged ten and over illustrate the fierce sense of justice inherent in African peoples, their powers of patience and endurance, and their supreme ability as story-tellers.

Folktales Volume 1: All About Tortoise
Folktales Volume 1: All About Tortoise

Author: Emma Umana Clasberry

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2018-09-20

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1984552864

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This book contains sixty-five old-time bedtime stories! Two opposite faces of Tortoise’s character are revealed here: the good and the bad. Tortoise, once loved and respected for his kindness, hard work, persistence, patience, wisdom, and super intelligence to dig out and solve the toughest puzzles or the most difficult and mysterious problems, is the same Tortoise who lost all that to lying, tricking, selfishness, revengefulness, greed, stealing, jealousy, and exploiting others’ weaknesses under the pretense of helping when he is actually out to hurt those he claims to help so as to achieve his goals. Parents, teachers, or others who use these stories for moral and life skills education should emphasize genuine moral values or virtues and also point out that how one gets to one’s goal should be as morally sound as the goal itself. So their discretion is crucial when addressing moral relativism, if any is obvious.

Folktales Volume 3:
Folktales Volume 3:

Author: Emma Umana Clasberry

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2019-03-06

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1796018473

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The purpose of retelling these folktales is not only to impart cultural information to the young nor to preserve the stories for future generations. It is not only to entertain ourselves with the humor some of the stories provoke nor to learn from the mistakes of characters reflected in the stories so as to avoid similar consequences. It is also to inculcate moral values and discipline and social skills among the young and the adults of all races. Reading or listening to the stories also promotes good listening and right guessing, enhances logical and critical reasoning, sharpens our common sense, and improves our thinking skills. Let’s maximize every opportunity we have to use these valuable tools for educating the young as well as adults.