African Tales

by Harold Scheub

Book Overview

The latest work from Harold Scheub, one of the world's leading scholars of African folktales, is the broadest collection yet assembled with tales from the entire continent of Africa, north to south. It brings together mythic, fantastic, and coming-of-age tales, some transcribed more than a hundred years ago, others dating to modern-day Africa. Scheub includes the work of storytellers from major African language groups, as well as many storytellers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029920944X
• ISBN13: 9780299209445
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.1"