Favorite African Folktales
- ISBN13:
9780393326246
- ISBN10:
0393326241
- Edition: 00
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 2004-11-17
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary
Favorite African Folktales is a landmark work that gathers many of Africa's most cherished folktales-stories from an oral heritage that predates Ovid and Aesop-in one extraordinary volume. Nelson Mandela has selected these thirty-two tales, many of them translated from their original tongues, with the specific hope that Africa's oldest stories, as well as a few new ones, will be perpetuated by future generations and appreciated by children and adults throughout the world. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Nelson Mandela was South Africa's first democratically elected president. He lives in Johannesburg
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. 13 |
| The Enchanting Song of the Magical Bird (Tanzania) | p. 17 |
| The Cat Who Came Indoors (Zimbabwe) | p. 21 |
| The Great Thirst (San, Southern Africa) | p. 24 |
| King Lion's Gifts (Khoi, Southern Africa) | p. 28 |
| The Message (Namibia) | p. 35 |
| The Snake Chief (West Africa/Zululand, South Africa) | p. 40 |
| How Hlakanyana Outwitted the Monster (Nguni, South Africa) | p. 45 |
| Words As Sweet As Honey from Sankhambi (Venda, South Africa) | p. 52 |
| Mmutla and Phiri (Botswana) | p. 55 |
| The Lion, the Hare, and the Hyena (Kenya) | p. 62 |
| Mmadipetsane (Lesotho) | p. 67 |
| Kamiyo of the River (Transkei, South Africa) | p. 75 |
| Spider and the Crows (Nigeria) | p. 79 |
| Natiki (Namaqualand, South Africa) | p. 86 |
| The Hare and the Tree Spirit (Xhosa, South Africa) | p. 90 |
| The Mantis and the Moon (San, Southern Africa) | p. 94 |
| The Snake with Seven Heads (Xhosa, South Africa) | p. 100 |
| The Hare's Revenge (Zambia) | p. 110 |
| The Wolf Queen (Cape Malay) | p. 114 |
| Van Hunks and the Devil (Cape Dutch) | p. 121 |
| Wolf and Jackal and the Barrel of Butter (Cape Dutch) | p. 128 |
| The Cloud Princess (Swaziland) | p. 134 |
| The Guardian of the Pool (Central Africa/Zululand, South Africa) | p. 144 |
| The Sultan's Daughter (Cape Malay) | p. 148 |
| The Ring of the King (Mythical African kingdom) | p. 159 |
| The Clever Snake Charmer (Morocco) | p. 166 |
| Asmodeus and the Bottler of Djinns (South African English) | p. 170 |
| Sakunaka, the Handsome Young Man (Zimbabwe) | p. 181 |
| The Mother Who Turned to Dust (Malawi) | p. 185 |
| Mpipidi and the Motlopi Tree (Botswana) | p. 195 |
| Fesito Goes to Market (Uganda) | p. 202 |
| Sannie Langtand and the Visitor (South African English) | p. 213 |
| Glossary | p. 227 |
| About the Authors | p. 230 |
| Credits | p. 236 |
| About Nelson Mandela | p. 239 |
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