African Tales

African Tales PDF Author: Gcina Mhlophe
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 1782854444
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99

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Book Description
This anthology includes eight traditional tales from all over Africa. Sumptuous hand-sewn collage artwork decorated with African beads adorns these unforgettable tales of bravery, wisdom, wit and heroic deeds

African Tales

African Tales PDF Author: Gcina Mhlophe
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 1782854444
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99

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Book Description
This anthology includes eight traditional tales from all over Africa. Sumptuous hand-sewn collage artwork decorated with African beads adorns these unforgettable tales of bravery, wisdom, wit and heroic deeds

Myths and Legends of Southern Africa

Myths and Legends of Southern Africa PDF Author: Penny Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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This book tells stories about many strange characters like witches, witchdoctors, mediums, diviners, mystics, ghosts, ogres, mermen and mermaids, human beings who claim to be able to change into wild animals, wild animlas possessed by strange wisdom or spirits. Here are the myths of the mountains, the rivers, waterfalls and forests; the wonderful dreams of many people whose minds have groped in the dark in search of a tiny light to illuminate the immensity of space and the baffling riddles of the universe.

Tales from Southern Africa

Tales from Southern Africa PDF Author:
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520339525
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

Native Fairy Tales of South Africa

Native Fairy Tales of South Africa PDF Author: Ethel L. McPherson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Somehow Tenderness Survives

Somehow Tenderness Survives PDF Author: Hazel Rochman
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064470636
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Book Description
A collection of ten short stories about southern Africa -- five by black southern Africans and five by white southern Africans.

South-African Folk-Tales

South-African Folk-Tales PDF Author: James A. Honey
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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This collection of folktales from South Africa has been put together the author says, not for scholarship but for a love of the sunny country where he was born. Some stories originate from Dutch sources, and some have several versions. Most are tales told by the bushmen.

Tales from Africa

Tales from Africa PDF Author:
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192750792
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Drawn from all parts of Africa, these stories for children aged ten and over illustrate the fierce sense of justice inherent in African peoples, their powers of patience and endurance, and their supreme ability as story-tellers.

Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets

Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets PDF Author: Max du Preez
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1770201394
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259

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South African history will never be the same again ... Shunning the predictable, Max du Preez has put on his investigative journalist’s cap and examined our past from a fresh perspective. The result is a collection of extraordinary and mostly unknown stories, all meticulously researched and written in an engaging and lively style. Instead of regurgitating the story of Jan van Riebeeck’s arrival at the Cape, he tells the tales of a Portuguese viscount killed on a Cape beach in 1510, of the Khoikhoi chief who was kidnapped and taken to England in 1610, and of the saucy goings-on between slave women and their European settler lovers. There’s the story of King Moshoeshoe’s remarkable conduct when cannibals ate his beloved grandfather, and Shaka’s sexuality is explored via his relationship with his mother and the woman who loved him without ever touching him. Sidestepping the old clichés about the Anglo-Boer War, Du Preez recounts the story of an Afrikaner broedertwis - General Christiaan de Wet and his brother Piet, who joined the British forces and fought his own people. The reader is taken through every stage of our history, up to the story of apartheid South Africa’s nuclear bombs, and the secret dealings and intrigue during the negotiations leading up to the 1994 elections. This is South African history as you’ve never seen it before: a colourful mosaic of our rich heritage.

Tales from Africa

Tales from Africa PDF Author: K.P. Kojo
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014137327X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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TALES FROM AFRICA is a collection of folktales brought to life with humour and poetry by Ghanaian author, K. P. Kojo. Find out how selfish Lion gets his comeuppance, go to a Frog wedding in the Sky Kingdom, discover the days when the earth's creatures were all mixed up and much more in these brilliantly crafted tales which reflect the very best - and the very worst - of human behaviours. Rich in the folklore of the many different countries of Africa, Ghanaian author, K. P. Kojo brings each story to life with humour and poetry, making them perfect for sharing and reading aloud to children of all ages. Includes endnotes with a glossary, additional information as well as ideas for activities that children can do to explore the stories further. 'Needs to be three times as long and sitting on a shelf in every school library' - Mark Haddon

African Myths & Tales

African Myths & Tales PDF Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1839643102
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 561

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Africa south of the Sahara is a land of wide-ranging traditions and varying cultures. Despite the diversity and the lack of early written records, the continent possesses a rich body of folk tales and legends that have been passed down through the strong custom of storytelling and which often share similar elements, characters and ideas between peoples. So this collection offers a hefty selection of legends and tales – stories of the gods, creation and origins, trickster exploits, animal fables and stories which entertain and edify – from ‘Obatala Creates Mankind’, from the Yoruba people of west Africa, to ‘The Girl Of The Early Race, Who Made Stars’, from the San people of southern Africa, all collected in a gorgeous gold-foiled and embossed hardback to treasure.