African Folk & Fairy Tales

Préface

Delightful and ingenious stories from throughout the continent of Africa.

Auteur

Lérè Adéyemí is Professor of Yorùbá Literature and Culture at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He has published articles and textbooks in Yoruba studies and was the Associate Editor of Ilorin Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture. Adéyemí is also a published creative writer. His most recent novel is Ten Kings Ten Epochs (2020).

Jake Jackson has written, edited and contributed to over 20 books on mythology and folklore. Related works include studies of Babylonian creation myths, the philosophy of time and William Blake's use of mythology in his visionary literature.

Texte du rabat
"A Gorgeous Collector's Edition of folk and fairy tales from the continent of Africa, with stories from regions now marked as modern nations such as Libya, Algeria, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda, who inherit the folk and mythic tales of ancient peoples. Here you'll find stories of ogres and tricksters, riddles and poems, and great heroes of history such as Liongo"--