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African myths and legends / retold by Kathleen Arnott ; illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
LIBRA - Rare GR350 .A75 1989 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arnott, Kathleen, author.
- Series:
- Oxford myths and legends
- Oxford myths and legends in paperback.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--Africa.
- Tales.
- Africa.
- Mythology, African.
- Africa--Legends.
- Africa--Myths.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Legends.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- vii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Paperback edition.
- Manufacture:
- Bungay, Suffolk : Richard Clay & Co.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1989.
- Summary:
- Drawn from all parts of Africa, the myths and legends of the African people demonstrate a fierce sense of justice, great powers of patience and endurance, and supreme ability as story-tellers.
- Contents:
- Why the dog is the friend of man (Congo : Bushong)
- The man who learned the language of the animals (Ghana : Akan)
- Tortoise and the lizard (East/Central Africa : Bantu)
- The rubber man (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
- Tortoise and the baboon (Nyasaland : Nyanja)
- Spider and the lion (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
- Thunder and lightning (Eastern Nigeria : Ibibio)
- Why the crab has no head or how the first river was made (Eastern Nigeria : Ikom)
- A test of skill (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
- The tale of the superman (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
- Why the bush-fowl calls at dawn and why flies buzz (Eastern Nigeria : Ekoi)
- Spider and squirrel (Ghana : Akan)
- Unanana and the elephant (South Africa : Zulu)
- Spider's web (Central Nigeria : Tiv)
- The magic horns (South Africa : Xhosa)
- Snake magic (East Africa : Swahili)
- Hare and the corn bins (Northern Nigeria : Fulani)
- What the squirrel saw (Congo : Mongo)
- Hare and the hyena (East/Central Africa : Bantu)
- The calabash children (Tanganyika : Chaga)
- The blacksmith's dilemma (Uganda : Baganda)
- The magic drum (Western Nigeria : Yoruba)
- Why the sun and moon live in the sky (Eastern Nigeria : Ibibio)
- The monkey's heart (East Africa : Swahili)
- The children who lived in a tree-house (Tanganyika : Kamba)
- Why the bat flies at night (Eastern Nigeria : Ibibio)
- Tug of war (East/Central Africa : Bantu)
- The discontented fish (Senegal : Fulani)
- Hallabau's jealousy (Northern Nigeria : Hausa)
- Goto, King of the land and the water (Northern Nigeria : Fulani)
- The singing drum and the mysterious pumpkin (East/Central Africa : Bantu)
- The snake chief (South Africa : Xhosa)
- The two brothers (South Africa : Zulu)
- Fereyel and Debbo Engal the witch (Gambia : Fulani).
- Notes:
- "© Kathleen Arnott 1962"--verso of title page.
- First published in paperback 1989--verso of title page.
- "Printed and bound in Great Britain by Richard Clay, Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk"--verso of title page.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 212).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 0192741438
- 9780192741431
- OCLC:
- 18949001
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