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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.
Contributor:
Wilson, Kathleen Atkins, illustrator.
Traynor, Pete, book designer.
Sights Productions, publisher.
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)
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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