Isbn: 9780896802568 - the sacred door and other stories: cameroon folktales of the beba (research in international studies africa series, band 86) (24 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Offers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions. This title showcases a variety of stories that capture the richness and complexities of an agrarian society's oral literature and traditions. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277. . 2007. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .…

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Zustand: New. Offers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions. This title showcases a variety of stories that capture the richness and complexities of an agrarian society's oral literature and traditions. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277. . 2007. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Sacred Door and Other Stories: Cameroon Folktales of the Beba offers readers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions. Makuchi retells the stories that she heard at home when she was growing up in her native Cameroon. The collection of thirty-four folktales of the Beba showcases a wide variety of stories that capture the richness and complexities of an agrarian society's oral literature and traditions. Revenge, greed, and deception are among the themes that frame the story lines in both new and familiar ways. In the title story, a poor man finds himself elevated to king. The condition for his continued success is that he not open the sacred door. This tale of temptation, similar to the story of Pandora's box, concludes with the question, 'What would you have done ' Makuchi relates the stories her mother told her so that readers can make connections between African and North American oral narrative traditions. These tales reinforce the commonalities of our human experiences without discounting our differences.…

Zustand: New. Offers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions. This title showcases a variety of stories that capture the richness and complexi.

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