Stories of Africa
Author: Gcina Mhlophe
Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mhlophe tells stories from African folklore.
Author: Gcina Mhlophe
Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mhlophe tells stories from African folklore.
Author: Penda Diakité
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780439662260
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Penda Diakité joins forces with her award-winning author/artist father to give a charming peek at everyday life in Africa. "This fact-based story of losing a tooth while visiting family in Mali rings with authenticity and good humour...[T]he illustrations exude happiness and togetherness." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Author: Elphinstone Dayrell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780395539637
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sun and Moon must leave their earthly home after Sun invites the Sea to visit.
Author: Jamilla Okubo
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2020-03-10
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1452182884
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Tales of East Africa is a collection of 22 traditional tales from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Welcome to a world of magical adventure—a place where a boy spares the life of a fearsome monster, a flock of doves brings a girl back from the dead, and a hare wreaks havoc among all the other animals. Translated and transcribed by folklorists and anthropologists in the early 20th century, these stories evoke the distinctive beauty and irresistible humor of East African folklore. • The tales come alive alongside bold, contemporary art in this special illustrated edition. • Each story transports readers to an enthralling world. • Part of the popular Tales series, featuring Tales of Japan, Celtic Tales, and Tales of India Tales of East Africa will enthrall fans of fairytales and captivate those interested in East Africa's rich history and culture. Readers will encounter mischievous animals, plucky heroes and heroines, and monsters, and artist Jamilla Okubo pairs each tale with a bold and vibrant illustration. • A visually gorgeous book that will be at home on the shelf or on the coffee table. • A perfect gift for fairy tale and folklore lovers, fans of East African culture, people of East African ancestry, collectors of illustrated classics, adults and teens alike, and bibliophiles • Add it to the collection of books like The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa by Alexander McCall Smith, Favorite African Folktales by Nelson Mandela, and Indaba My Children: African Folktales by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
Author: Karen Jennings
Publisher: African Books Collective
Published: 2014-06-14
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 0620588861
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A dazzling collection from across the African continent and diaspora here SHORT STORY DAY AFRICA has assembled the best nineteen stories from their 2013 competition. Food is at the centre of stories from authors emerging and established, blending the secular, the supernatural, the old and the new in a spectacular celebration of short fiction. Civil wars, evictions, vacations, feasts and romances the stories we bring to our tables that bring us together and tear us apart.
Author: Joseph G. Healey
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of stories from Africa brings us to a place where the elders gather the children around the fire at night and narrate the stories and events that make them a proud and memorable people. The stories--some, myths from the past and others, accounts of life today--tell of the mystery of being and the relationship of both human and non-human creation with the Creator. They teach the human heart about compassion, forgiveness, joy, peace, and unity; indeed, of the value of harmony within all creation.
Author: Isak Dinesen
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2014-06-03
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 1443432954
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Out of Africa, author Isak Dinesen takes a wistful and nostalgic look back on her years living in Africa on a Kenyan coffee plantation. Recalling the lives of friends and neighbours—both African and European—Dinesen provides a first-hand perspective of colonial Africa. Through her obvious love of both the landscape and her time in Africa, Dinesen’s meditative writing style deeply reflects the themes of loss as her plantation fails and she returns to Europe. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library.
Author: Gail E. Haley
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 1970-02-01
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780689205118
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky and went up to bargain with the Sky God. The price the Sky God asked was Osebo, the leopard of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire, and Mmoatia the fairy whom-men-never-see. How Ananse paid the price is told in a graceful and clever text, with forceful, lovely woodcut illustrations.
Author: Joanna Troughton
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13: 9780216926059
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Once only Mouse knew, and kept to himself, the stories of how the world came to be until angry Lightning broke down Mouse's door and the stories escaped into the world.
Author: Ingrid Mennen
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 1997-04-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780140562422
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ashraf, a South African boy who lives in a big city, dreams of the African wild.