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Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Tony Fairman; Meshack Asare |
ISBN: | 0001849883 9780001849884 |
OCLC Number: | 22890902 |
Description: | 192 pages |
Contents: | Nyar-upoko (Luo tale, Kenya) -- Zazamankh (Ancient Egypt) -- The man with a tree on his head (Tswana tale, Botswana) -- The bag of money (Wolof tale, The Gambia) -- The good herdboy (Luhya tale, Kenya) -- Karimirwa and Musiguku (Luhya tale, Kenya) -- There's one day for the victim (Yoruba tale, Nigeria) -- Hare and the white man (Tswana tale, South Africa) -- Hare and his friends (Luo tale, Kenya) -- Dubulihasa (Xhosa tale, South Africa) -- Omutugwa (Luhya tale, Kenya) -- The wise little girl (Khoikhoi tale, Namibia) -- The two swindlers (Hausa tale, Nigeria). |
Responsibility: | retold by Tony Fairman. |
Abstract:
The tales come from several African countries and are a mixture of traditional and modern stories about foolish, arrogant or greedy people who are exposed for what they are. The stories are written for retelling and listeners are encouraged to join in with appropriate noises and songs.
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