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The Black Cloth: A Collection of African Folktales. pp. xiii– xxxvi. ISBN 9780870235573. Irving, Evelyn Uhrhan (1987). "Reviewed Work(s): The Black Cloth: A Collection of African Folktales by Bernard Binlin Dadié and Karen C. Hatch; The City Where No One Dies by Bernard Binlin Dadié and Jains A. Mayes". World Literature Today. 61 (3): 481.
Dianne Stewart (born 4 March 1952) is a South African author who has published over 40 books for adults and for children. [1] She writes in English, and her books have been translated both into African languages, including Xhosa, [2] Zulu, [3] Sotho, [4] and Afrikaans, [5] and European languages, including French, [6] Spanish, [7] and Swedish.
Jan Blake is a British storyteller, consultant and coach specialising in myths and folk tales from the Caribbean, West Africa, North Africa and beyond. She has been performing to children, adolescents and adults since 1986 and has an international reputation for dynamic storytelling.
Africanist Sigrid Schmidt asserted that the tale type was particularly widespread in Southeast Africa. [9] In fact, according to her studies, the tale type 707, as well as types 706, Maiden Without Hands, and 510, Cinderella, "found a home in Southern Africa for many generations". [10] Schmidt provided the summary of two manuscript tales.
Other Buganda folktales include the story of Walukaga the blacksmith, Mpobe the hunter, and Kasanke the little red bird. [10] [11] Folktales in Buganda are also about hares, leopards, rabbits and other animals that live in the wild and one of the famous folk stories is about wango and wakayima. Wango is a leopard while wakayima is a rabbit.
New Africa Books is a South African book publisher based in Cape Town. The company incorporates David Philip Publishers , one of South Africa's oldest and most influential independent publishers . New Africa Books currently publishes literary and educational books for adults, children and young adults.
The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander is a collection of West African folk tales about men and animals, kings, warriors, and farmers. First published in 1947, it was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1948.
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