Tales from Africa /
Tales from Africa /
compiled by Mary Medlicott ; illustrated by Ademola Akintola ; foreward by Vincent Magombe.
- New York : Kingfisher, 2000.
- 90 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
"First published in hardcover in 1995 as The river that went to the sky"--P. facing t.p.
The river that went to the sky / Kasiya Makaka Phiri (Malawi) -- Gong gong / Amoafi Kwapong (Ghana) -- The hunter and the deerwoman / Funmi Osoba (Nigeria) -- Two of a kind / Masě Tour (̌Sierra Leone) -- No problem / Asenath Bole Odaga (Kenya) -- A most famous baker / Eva Dadrian (Egypt) -- How the tortoise won respect / Gcina Mulophe (South Africa) -- The Aboul family / Hassan Erraji (Morocco) -- Two brothers / Inno Sorsy (Ghana) -- Tiyotiyo / Charles Mungoshi (Zimbabwe) -- My godfather / Sousa Jamba (Angola) -- The new moon and the rain horn / Gaele Sobott-Mogwe (Botswana).
Booklist, May 2000
Includes nine stories based on folklore from various African countries and three original stories, representing the cultural diversity which exists in Africa.
5.6 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0753452901
99088383
PZ8.1 / .T138 2000
398.2/096
"First published in hardcover in 1995 as The river that went to the sky"--P. facing t.p.
The river that went to the sky / Kasiya Makaka Phiri (Malawi) -- Gong gong / Amoafi Kwapong (Ghana) -- The hunter and the deerwoman / Funmi Osoba (Nigeria) -- Two of a kind / Masě Tour (̌Sierra Leone) -- No problem / Asenath Bole Odaga (Kenya) -- A most famous baker / Eva Dadrian (Egypt) -- How the tortoise won respect / Gcina Mulophe (South Africa) -- The Aboul family / Hassan Erraji (Morocco) -- Two brothers / Inno Sorsy (Ghana) -- Tiyotiyo / Charles Mungoshi (Zimbabwe) -- My godfather / Sousa Jamba (Angola) -- The new moon and the rain horn / Gaele Sobott-Mogwe (Botswana).
Booklist, May 2000
Includes nine stories based on folklore from various African countries and three original stories, representing the cultural diversity which exists in Africa.
5.6 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0753452901
99088383
PZ8.1 / .T138 2000
398.2/096