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Favorite African Folktales is a landmark work that gathers many of Africa's most cherished folktales-stories from an oral heritage that predates Ovid and Aesop-in one extraordinary volume. Nelson Mandela has selected these thirty-two tales, many of them translated from their original tongues, with the specific hope that Africa's oldest stories, as well as a few new ones, will be perpetuated by future generations and appreciated by children and adults throughout the world. Book jacket.
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Favorite African Folktales, Nelson Mandela
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- Favorite African Folktales
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Nelson Mandela
- Publisher
- W W NORTON & CO
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0393326241
- ISBN13
- 9780393326246
- Tags
- Fiction, Children's Books, Fantasy, Short Stories, Fairy Tales & Stories, Society, Mythology, Africa, Folklore, Folk Culture
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- Favorite African Folktales is a landmark work that gathers many of Africa's most cherished folktales-stories from an oral heritage that predates Ovid and Aesop-in one extraordinary volume. Nelson Mandela has selected these thirty-two tales, many of them translated from their original tongues, with the specific hope that Africa's oldest stories, as well as a few new ones, will be perpetuated by future generations and appreciated by children and adults throughout the world. Book jacket.