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Tales from Africa / compiled by Mary Medlicott ; illustrated by Ademola Akintola ; foreward by Vincent Magombe.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Kingfisher, 2000.Description: 90 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0753452901
Uniform titles:
  • River that went to the sky
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.2/096 21
LOC classification:
  • PZ8.1 .T138 2000
Contents:
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).
Summary: Includes nine stories based on folklore from various African countries and three original stories, representing the cultural diversity which exists in Africa.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult B- Nonfiction (Teen/Adult) 398.2 Tal (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 400322

"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.

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