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Indaba My Children: African Folktales
by Vusamazulu Cr Mutwa  Publisher Comments As a young man, Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, a Zulu from the South African province of Natal, was determined to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and become a tribal historian in order to keep the rich oral tradition of his culture alive. In this...
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Ohio University Research in International Studies: Africa #86: The Sacred Door and Other Stories: Cameroon Folktales of the Beba
by Makuchi Publisher Comments The Sacred Door and Other Stories: Cameroon Folktales of the Beba offers readers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions...
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African Folktales
by Paul Radin Publisher Comments A selection of eighty-one folktales from the many cultures that exist south of the Sahara, African Folktales includes tales of the Hausa and the Ashanti, the Bantu, the Bushmen, and the Zulu. The narratives, which range from the mythical tale to the...
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Penguin Epics #17: The Sunjata Story
by Anonymous Publisher Comments After the leader of a great African kingdom hears that a baby has been born who will destroy him, he hides behind a mighty army and surrounds himself with magical charms.JThere remains only one way to kill him.JWhen the sister of his enemy seduces him...
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Mugasha. Epic of the Bahaya (Secondary Readers)
by Nyambura Mpesha Synopsis A first collected works by a Ugandan woman poet, who has had her poems published in journals in Uganda and the US. The work is divided into sections entitled: 'Poems of Challenge'; 'Poems of Sunshine and Loneliness'; 'Poems of Loss and Contradiction...
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Once Upon a Time in Africa: Stories of Wisdom and Joy
by Joseph G Healey Publisher Comments Stories of Wisdom and Joy....
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Sunjata (Penguin Classics)
by Bamba Suso Publisher Comments Famous across West! Africa from Guinea to the Gambia, through Mali and into Burkina Faso, the heroic exploits of Sunjata - based on events in the early thirteenth century - are still constantly being reinterpreted in many different media.<P>Sunjata...
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Voices of the Ancestors
by Time Life Publisher Comments A dramatic series that captures, culture by culture, the information that never makes it into the history books: strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests....
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Fairy Tale and Folklore #05: African Folktales
by Roger Abrahams Publisher Comments Nearly 100 stories from over 40 tribe-related myths of creation, tales of epic deeds, ghost stories and tales set in both the animal and human realms....
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African Myths of Origin (Penguin Classics)
by Stephen Belcher Publisher Comments Gathering a range of traditional African myths, this collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflict and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. All the narratives found here...
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The Lianja Epic
by Maneniang Mubima Synopsis This is one of the most stirring tales from the folklore of East and Central Africa. Mugasha is a deity-king who harness natural elements and uses them to recapture the usurped kingdom of his father. He is in many ways a symbol of the indefatigable human...
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The Hero with an African Face: Mythic Wisdom of Traditional Africa
by Clyde W Ford Publisher Comments In this remarkable book, Clyde Ford restores to us the lost treasure of African mythology, bringing to life the ancient tales and showing why they matter so much to us today.<P>African myths convey the perennial wisdom of humanity: the creation of...
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Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali, Longman African Writers Series
by D T Niane Synopsis Retold by generations of griots-the guardians of African culture-this oral tradition has been handed down from thirteenth century and captures all the mystery and majesty of medieval African kingship. It is an epic tale-part history, part legend-which...
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African Myths & Legends
by Kathleen Arnott Publisher Comments Drawn from all parts of Africa, the myths and legends of the African people demonstrate a fierce sense of justice, great powers of patience and endurance, and supreme ability as story-tellers....
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The hero with an African face :mythic wisdom of traditional Africa
by Clyde W Ford Publisher Comments "Discovering a deeply meaningful African myth is like finding an old snapshot of myself in a place long forgotten.... These myths are more than just folk tales or fables.... Here are epics as grand as Gilgamesh, heroes as hardy as Hercules, heroines as...
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A Dictionary of African Mythology: The Mythmaker as Storyteller
by Harold Scheub Publisher Comments This collection of fascinating and revealing tales captures the sprawling diversity of African mythology. Four hundred alphabetically arranged entries touch on virtually every aspect of African religious belief, from Africa's great epic themes (dualistic...
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Ritual Cosmos: Sanctification of Life in
by Evan Zuesse
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Folk-Tales of Angola: Fifty Tales with KI-Mbundu Text, Literal English Translation, Introduction and Notes
by Heli Chatelain
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Spirit of Badenia
by Sheikh Gibri Kamara
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A Treasury of African Folklore: The Oral Literature Traditions Myths Legends Epics Tales Recollections Wisdom Sayings and Humor of Africa (Marlowe & Co)
by Harold Courlander Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [603]-608) and index....
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