The Book of African FablesThis book of African fables gives examples of the interplay of animals and human beings in the folk tale. A long introduction puts the work into literary and historical context. |
Contents
Introduction | i |
Obey Your Parents And You Will Prosper | 23 |
3 | 37 |
Copyright | |
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Abu Nuwasi African fables animals antelope arrived asked baboons Bambara bird bride price brother bush called Cameroon caught chameleon character chicken chief Congo Congoo Wooloo cried crow daughter dead death decided Duala elder eldest elephant escape farmer father fell flew forest frog gave gazelle girl give goat ground hare hartebeest hawk heard hedgehog Hippopotamus hornbill human hungry hunter hunting husband hyena Islamic jackal Jatai jumped Kabundi killed king knife leopard lesson lion lion's lived look Luba-Kasai Makombe Mandoko marry meal meat monkey moral mother nest never night Nkundo Panchatantra partridge picked porridge replied river saying shouted skin snake soon spider squirrel stay story sultan Swahili tale tell told took tortoise tree Tunjur village vizier waiting walked weaverbird wife wives woman young Zaire