Favorite African Folktales
Author | : Nelson Mandela |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2004-11-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 0393326241 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780393326246 |
Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Download or read book Favorite African Folktales written by Nelson Mandela and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.