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Favorite African Folktales |
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by Nelson Mandela (Editor)
ISBN: 0393326241
Pub. Date: November 2004
ISBN-13: 9780393326246
Format: Paperback, pp. 240
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Sales Rank: 516,507
List Price: $13.95
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The vibrant tradition of African folktales-an oral heritage that predates Ovid
and Aesop-is long and varied, but to date it has been largely overlooked in the
West. Aware of this gap, Nelson Mandela selected thirty-two stories, many of
them translated from their original tongues, to show the seminal role of
African folklore in world literature. We meet tricksters from Zulu folklore; we
hear the voices of the scheming hyena and learn from a Khoi fable how animals
acquired their tails and horns. These fables present a veritable bible of
stories "universal in their portrayal of humanity, beasts and the mystical."
Winner of the NAACP Image Award. Author Biography: Nelson Mandela, now eighty-six years old, lives in
Johannesburg and was South Africa's first democratically elected president.
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