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9780802132420

Black Folktales

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  • ISBN13:

    9780802132420

  • ISBN10:

    0802132421

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1994-01-10
  • Publisher: Grove Press

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Summary

Twelve remarkable folktales, culled from the black experience in Africa and America, are freshly retold in the thoroughly original voice of Julius Lester. Arranged by topic--Origins, Love, Heroes, and People--the tales will delight readers of all ages with their universal themes and uncanny wisdom.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
ORIGINS
How God Made the Butterflies
3(4)
Why Apes Look Like People
7(12)
Why Men Have to Work
19(3)
How the Snake Got His Rattles
22(11)
LOVE
The Girl with the Large Eyes
33(4)
The Son of Kim-ana-u-eze and the Daughter of the Sun and the Moon
37(8)
Jack and the Devil's Daughter
45(16)
HEROES
High John the Conqueror
61(14)
Stagolee
75(18)
PEOPLE
The Old Man Who Wouldn't Take Advice
93(6)
People Who Could Fly
99(5)
Keep on Stepping
104(4)
Afterword 108

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