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The origin of life on earth : an African creation myth / retold by David A. Anderson/Sankofa ; illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson ; designed by Pete Traynor.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.1.A543 Or 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, David A., 1930- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Creation--Folklore.
- Yoruba (African people)--Folklore.
- Folklore--Africa.
- Creation.
- Folklore.
- Yoruba (African people).
- Africa.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Picture books.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 31 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Mt. Airy, MD. : Sights Productions, [1991]
- Summary:
- Retells the Yoruba creation myth in which the deity Obatala descends from the sky to create the world.
- Notes:
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Illustrator, Winner, 1993
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Anderson, David A., 1930- Origin of life on earth.
- ISBN:
- 0962997854
- 9780962997853
- 1886366098
- 9781886366091
- OCLC:
- 24378887
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