Favorite African Folktales

Favorite African Folktales
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 0393326241
ISBN-13 : 9780393326246
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Book Synopsis Favorite African Folktales by : Nelson Mandela

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.


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