Folklore -- Africa
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Folklore -- Africa
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Folklore
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- The origin of life on earth, an African creation myth, retold by David A. Anderson/Sankofa ; illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson ; design by Pete Traynor
- The Crest and the hide, and other African stories of heroes, chiefs, bards, hunters, sorcerers, and common people, [compiled by] Harold Courlander ; illustrations by Monica Vachula
- The wisdom of African mythology, by John J. Ollivier
- How the rhinoceros got his skin, & How the camel got his hump, Rabbit Ears Productions
- Zzzng! zzzng! zzzng!, a Yoruba tale, retold by Phillis Gershator ; illustrated by Theresa Smith
- Travels in West Africa:, Congo français Corisco and Cameroons, [by] Mary H. Kingsley. With a new introd. by John E. Flint
- African folk tales, Jessie Alford Nunn ; illustrated by Ernest Crichlow
- We could fly, Rhiannon Giddens ; illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu
- The cat's purr, written & illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- Crowned, magical folk and fairy tales from the diaspora, Kahran and Regis Bethencourt
- Lion and the ostrich chicks, and other African folk tales, by Ashley Brian
- Tower to heaven, retold by Ruby Dee ; illustrated by Jennifer Bent
- How many spots does a leopard have? and other tales, by Julius Lester ; illustrated by David Shannon
- Zomo, the rabbit;, [tales], Drawings by Peter Warner
- The lonely lioness and the Ostrich chicks, a Masai tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Yumi Heo
- Koi and the kola nuts, Rabbit Ears Entertainment
- Misoso, once upon a time tales from Africa, retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Reynold Ruffins
- Monsters and mythical creatures from around the world, Heather Frigiola ; illustrated by Sky Cybele
- Mabela the clever, retold by Margaret Read MacDonald ; illustrated by Tim Coffey
- A story, a story, an African tale, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley
- A ring of tricksters, animal tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa, Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Barry Moser
- A pride of African tales, Donna L. Washington ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Contes d'Afrique, Henri Gougaud ; illustré par Marc Daniau
- Who is king?, ten magical stories from Africa, Beverley Naidoo & Piet Grobler
- Two ways to count to ten, a Liberian folktale, retold by Ruby Dee ; illustrated by Susan Meddaugh
- Anansi goes fishing, by Eric A. Kimmel ; illustrated by Janet Stevens
- Who's in Rabbit's house?, a Masai tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon
- The clever turtle;, adapted from an African folktale and illustrated by A.K. Roche
- How the ostrich got its long neck, a tale from the Akamba of Kenya, retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Marcia Brown
- The tortoise and the tree, adapted from a Bantu folktale by Janina Domanska
- Tokoloshi, African folk-tales, adapted and retold by Diana Pitcher ; illustrated by Meg Rutherford
- And in the beginning--, by Sheron Williams ; illustrated by Robert Roth
- Imani in the belly, written by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate ; pictures by Alex Boies
- Black folktales., Illustrated by Tom Feelings
- The ox of the wonderful horns, and other African folktales, [retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan]
- The orphan boy, a Maasai story, by Tololwa M. Mollel ; illustrated by Paul Morin
- Crocodile and hen, a Bakongo folktale, text by Joan M. Lexau ; pictures by Doug Cushman
- How the guinea fowl got her spots, an African tale, retold and illustrated by Barbara Knutson
- Sungura and Leopard, a Swahili trickster tale, Barbara Knutson
- The long grass whispers, By Geraldine Elliot ; Illustrated by Sheila Hawkins
- Quill soup, a Stone Soup story, Alan Durant ; illustrated by Dale Blankenaar
- Who's in Rabbit's house?, a Masai tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon
- The name of the tree, a Bantu folktale, retold by Celia Barker Lottridge ; and illustrated by Ian Wallace
- Nelson Mandela's favorite African folktales
- Anansi and the talking melon, retold by Eric A. Kimmel ; illustrated by Janet Stevens
- The adventures of Aku, or, How it came about that we shall always see Okra the cat lying on a velvet cushion, while Okraman the dog sleeps among the ashes, retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- Les nouveaux contes d'Amadou Koumba, Birago Diop ; préface de Léopold Sédar Senghor
- The first morning, an African myth, retold by Margery Bernstein and Janet Kobrin ; illustrated by Enid Warner Romanek
- Anansi goes fishing, retold by Eric A Kimmel