African Tales
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African Tales

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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African Tales

About this book

The latest work from Harold Scheub, one of the world's leading scholars of African folktales, is the broadest collection yet assembled with tales from the entire continent of Africa, north to south. It brings together mythic, fantastic, and coming-of-age tales, some transcribed more than a hundred years ago, others dating to modern-day Africa. Scheub includes the work of storytellers from major African language groups, as well as many storytellers whose work is not often heard outside of Africa. This anthology offers a classroom-ready collection that should appeal to any scholar of African literature and culture. Realizing that these tales are part of a dying art, Scheub writes for the inner ear in everyone, bringing an oral tradition to life in written form.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. 1. Asante (Ghana) Kwaku Ananse and Aso
  4. 2. Apinji (Gabon) Akenda Mbani
  5. 3. Arabic (Egypt) The Cock
  6. 4. Arabic (Morocco) Tale of a Lantern
  7. 5. Batanga (Cameroon) The Favored Daughter
  8. 6. Berber (Algeria) The African
  9. 7. Berber (Libya) Dschemil and Dschemila
  10. 8. Berber (Morocco) Half-a-Cock
  11. 9. Bulu (Cameroon) The Boy and the Girl
  12. 10. Bura (Nigeria) Mbewa and Nkerma
  13. 11. Fiote (Republic of Congo) The Twin Brothers
  14. 12. Fuuta Jalon (Guinea) Samba Gueladio Diegui
  15. 13. Gourmanchéma (Niger) Fountinndouha
  16. 14. Grebo (Liberia) The Man and the Leopard
  17. 15. Hausa (Nigeria) The Two Girls
  18. 16. Herero (Namibia) The Fleeing Girls and the Rock
  19. 17. Jindwi (Zimbabwe) The Old Woman
  20. 18. Kabyle (Tunisia) Thadhellala
  21. 19. Kanuri (Sierra Leone) The Cunning Young Woman
  22. 20. Khoikhoi (Southern Africa) The Little Wise Woman
  23. 21. Kikuyu (Kenya) The Old Woman, Her Sons, and the Python
  24. 22. Krio (Sierra Leone) Five Dead Men Attend a Dance
  25. 23. Lamba (Zambia) The Hole in the Tree
  26. 24. Luba (Democratic Republic of Congo) The Jackal and theLittle Antelope
  27. 25. Malagasy (Madagascar) Andrianòro
  28. 26. Masai (Kenya) The Hare, the Hyena, and the Lioness’s Cave
  29. 27. Mbundu (Angola) Na Kimanaueze
  30. 28. Nandi (Kenya) The Hyenas and the Sage
  31. 29. Nyanja (Malawi) Kachirambe
  32. 30. Nyarwanda (Rwanda) The Girls Who Went to Have TeethMade for Them
  33. 31. Ronga (Mozambique) Nwampfundla
  34. 32. San (Namibia) The Young Man Who Was Carried Offby a Lion
  35. 33. Sena (Mozambique) The Magic Mirror
  36. 34. Shilluk (Sudan) Nyajak
  37. 35. Somali (Somalia) The Sultan’s Wife
  38. 36. Sotho (Lesotho) Monyohe
  39. 37. Swahili (Tanzania) The Physician’s Son and theKing of the Snakes
  40. 38. Swati (Swaziland) Untombinde, the Tall Girl
  41. 39. Tigre (Ethiopia) The Man Who Passed the Night in theMiddle of the Sea
  42. 40. Tswana (Botswana) The Hare and the Lion
  43. 41. Vai (Liberia) Spider
  44. 42. Xhosa (South Africa) In Quest of a Wife
  45. 43. Xhosa (South Africa) Children of the Anthill
  46. 44. Yoruba (Nigeria) The King and the Kini-kini Bird
  47. 45. Zulu (South Africa) Untombi-yaphansi
  48. 46. Zulu (South Africa) Combecantsini
  49. Notes
  50. Bibliography