The Cow-Tail Switch: And Other West African StoriesMacmillan, 15 mars 1987 - 160 pages The stories of West Africa are about men and animals, about kings, warriors, and hunters. They tell about clever people and stupid people, about good ones and bad ones, about how things and animals got to be how they are. Some stories in this book will make you think. Some will make you laugh. All of them are retold with folk spirit full of generosity and vitality. |
Table des matières
Africa Is Many Things | 1 |
Talk | 25 |
Kassa The Strong One | 41 |
Younde Goes to Town | 59 |
Time | 73 |
Guinea Fowl and Rabbit Get Justice | 87 |
How Soko Brought Debt to Ashanti | 103 |
Ansige Karamba the Glutton | 119 |
Notes on the Stories | 133 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Cow-tail Switch and Other West African Stories Harold Courlander,George Herzog Affichage d'extraits - 1947 |
The Cow-tail Switch, and Other West African Stories Harold Courlander,George Herzog Affichage d'extraits - 1969 |
The Cow-tail Switch: And Other West African Stories Harold Courlander,George Herzog Affichage d'extraits - 1947 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Accra Akim Anansi Anene angry antelope Ashanti asked Bahene Bahene's wife began Biafu Br'er Rabbit bull carried cattle chief clothes comes corn cow-tail switch cows Deeba and Gunde farm father fisherman forest Fowl's Frog Ganna George Herzog Ghana going hunting gone grew Guinea Fowl Gulf of Guinea Harold Courlander heard huge bird hungry hunters Iri and Congo Kaddo Kassa Kingdom of Seno Komasi Liberia listened Maftam Maku Mamadi man's name meal meat millet Minu mortar never Nothing's Ogaloussa once Paama palm wine put his head Put that branch Rabbit rich river rotten fish traps sansa servants shook his head shouted singing tortoise Sleep Sogole Soko Soninke Spider story taken take my turn takes the debt talked tell Tendella Throw Mountains tired Toddu took town trail tree tribe trickster village wait walked wall of flour Younde