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.

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