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African mythology

Altman, Linda Jacobs 1943- (Author). Bock, William Sauts 1939- (illustrator.).

Summary: A collection of myths shaped by the cultures and beliefs of Africa, featuring creator gods, tricksters, shape-changing animals, and heroes who overcome unthinkable hardship.

Record details

ISBN: 0766021254
Physical Description: print
112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, [2003]
Copyright: ©2003

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-109) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1 Coming Down From the Sky (The Yoruba of Nigeria) 17 -- 2 First People and the Flood (The Ekoi of Nigeria and Cameroon) 31 -- 3 Gift of Fire (The Chaga of Tanzania) 43 -- 4 Why People Grow Old and Die (The Kono of Sierra Leone) 53 -- 5 How Baboons Became Monkeys (The !Kung of the Kalahari, Southern Africa) 65 -- 6 How Anansi Got God's Stories (The Ashanti of Ghana) 77 -- 7 Kwasi Benefo in the Land of the Dead (The Ashanti of Ghana) 91.