Southern African Folktales

Southern African Folktales - The World's Greatest Myths and Legends

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Publisher's Synopsis

Southern Africa is a region of impressive diversity of landscape, climate and peoples: from forests to deserts, from coasts to mountains, from subtropical to temperate, from the Zulu, Pedi and Venda peoples to the ancient San peoples whose territories span much of the entire region, with countless tribes in between. This region includes the modern countries of Angola, Botswana, Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The peoples' folktales share common themes and roots through their migrations across the mineral-rich lands and have been passed down orally to explain the world, guide society and entertain. This lively collection has a new introduction and contains tales from across the region, of creation and origins, of trickster animals and their lessons, and of hardship, greed and love.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781804175828
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
Imprint: Flame Tree 451
Pub date:
Edition: New edition
DEWEY: 398.20968
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 188g
Height: 128mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 20mm