Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tales from Africa

Oclc number

43036847

Responsibility statement

compiled by Mary Medlicott ; illustrated by Ademola Akintola ; foreward by Vincent Magombe

Summary

Includes nine stories based on folklore from various African countries and three original stories, representing the cultural diversity which exists in Africa

Table Of 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 / Masée Touré (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)

Target audience

juvenile

Classification