
The Dancing Palm Tree
And Other Nigerian Folktales
Barbara K. Walker(Author)
Texas Tech Press,U.S.
Will be published approx. on 30. January 1990
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-0-89672-216-3 (ISBN)
Description
Imagine yourself for a moment in Western Nigeria on a moonlit evening. The day's work has been done, and friends and neighbors have gathered. Suddenly one among the group turns to an older man sitting at the edge of the piazza. 'Tell us a story', he begs. And he knows what he is asking. Many in the group can tell stories and very well indeed, for storytelling has been a tradition in Nigeria for hundreds of years. The old man rises and usually begins, 'Far away and long ago in a small village'. Somewhat in each story there is likely to be a moral, a human truth that is taught through what happens in the story, for an important purpose of storytelling in Nigeria has always been to teach as well as to entertain. But you will find that the truths taught in these stories prevail not only in Nigeria but all over the world, truths that people must learn to live by, no matter what country they call home. Earlier versions of these eleven tales were told to Barbara K. Walker by Olawale Idewu, a Nigerian student in a midwestern American college who was lonesome for his homeland and its culture and who was willing to share some of the tales from that culture. Now, young Americans can enjoy a sampling of the tales still told on moonlit evenings in Nigeria.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Texas
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 8 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89672-216-3 (9780896722163)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
The Dancing Palm Tree The Hunter and the Hind Ashoremashika The King and the Ring A Secret Told to a Stranger A Lesson for the Bat It's All the Fault of Adam Tortoise and Babarinsa's Daughters Test of a Friendship The Boy and the Leopard The Reward of Treachery