Download or read book EAST AFRICA TALES STORIES written by Gabriele Voglgsang and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of East Africa written by Jamilla Okubo and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of East Africa is a collection of 22 traditional tales from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Welcome to a world of magical adventure—a place where a boy spares the life of a fearsome monster, a flock of doves brings a girl back from the dead, and a hare wreaks havoc among all the other animals. Translated and transcribed by folklorists and anthropologists in the early 20th century, these stories evoke the distinctive beauty and irresistible humor of East African folklore. • The tales come alive alongside bold, contemporary art in this special illustrated edition. • Each story transports readers to an enthralling world. • Part of the popular Tales series, featuring Tales of Japan, Celtic Tales, and Tales of India Tales of East Africa will enthrall fans of fairytales and captivate those interested in East Africa's rich history and culture. Readers will encounter mischievous animals, plucky heroes and heroines, and monsters, and artist Jamilla Okubo pairs each tale with a bold and vibrant illustration. • A visually gorgeous book that will be at home on the shelf or on the coffee table. • A perfect gift for fairy tale and folklore lovers, fans of East African culture, people of East African ancestry, collectors of illustrated classics, adults and teens alike, and bibliophiles • Add it to the collection of books like The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa by Alexander McCall Smith, Favorite African Folktales by Nelson Mandela, and Indaba My Children: African Folktales by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
Download or read book Tales of East Africa written by Jamilla Okubo and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of East Africa is a collection of 22 traditional tales from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Welcome to a world of magical adventure—a place where a boy spares the life of a fearsome monster, a flock of doves brings a girl back from the dead, and a hare wreaks havoc among all the other animals. Translated and transcribed by folklorists and anthropologists in the early 20th century, these stories evoke the distinctive beauty and irresistible humor of East African folklore. • The tales come alive alongside bold, contemporary art in this special illustrated edition. • Each story transports readers to an enthralling world. • Part of the popular Tales series, featuring Tales of Japan, Celtic Tales, and Tales of India Tales of East Africa will enthrall fans of fairytales and captivate those interested in East Africa's rich history and culture. Readers will encounter mischievous animals, plucky heroes and heroines, and monsters, and artist Jamilla Okubo pairs each tale with a bold and vibrant illustration. • A visually gorgeous book that will be at home on the shelf or on the coffee table. • A perfect gift for fairy tale and folklore lovers, fans of East African culture, people of East African ancestry, collectors of illustrated classics, adults and teens alike, and bibliophiles • Add it to the collection of books like The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa by Alexander McCall Smith, Favorite African Folktales by Nelson Mandela, and Indaba My Children: African Folktales by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
Download or read book East African Folktales written by J.K. Jackson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the rift valley come stories of gods, tricksters, cattle and ogres from the many peoples of East Africa. Traditional stories bring a deeper understanding of the movement of peoples across East Africa. Common roots and differences between ancient peoples create a lively portrait with their fragile, powerful gods. The modern nations of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and more inherit the folk and mythic tales of the rift valley region. Here you'll find stories of ogres and tricksters, riddles and poems, figures such as the first man (Gikuyu) and woman (Mumbi), and great heroes of history such as Liongo. This new collection is created for the modern reader. FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
Download or read book East African Folktales written by Vincent Mũli wa Kĩtukũ and published by august house. This book was released on 1997 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bilingual collection of 18 folktales or short fables in English and Kikamba from the Kamba Community in Kenya.
Download or read book A Guide to the Beasts of East Africa written by Nicholas Drayson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For lovers of Alexander McCall Smith, the engaging follow up to Nicholas Drayson's much-loved A Guide to the Birds of East Africa sees the return of Mr Malik and the East African Ornithological Society. Mr Malik has been busy planning the Asadi Club's annual safari. But a series of crimes puts the club's very existence at risk. It is up to Mr Malik and Co. to solve a decades-old murder, recover the club mascot and identify, once and for all, the most dangerous beast in Africa. Not to mention his only daughter may, or may not, be getting married in a week. Will Mr Malik again prevail over Kenyan politics, a reluctant bride and unrevealed secrets? 'A book of immense charm; a sort of P G Wodehouse meets Alexander McCall Smith' Joanne Harris on A Guide to the Birds of East Africa 'A delightful comedy... It invites comparison to The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency books, but it's original and, if anything, has more depth' Daily Mail on A Guide to the Birds of East Africa Nicholas Drayson was born in England and lived in Australia since 1982, where he studied zoology and gained a PhD in 19th-century Australian natural history writing and two daughters. He has worked as a journalist in the UK, Kenya and Australia, writing for publications such as the Daily Telegraph and Australian Geographic. He is the author of three previous novels, Confessing a Murder, Love and the Platypus and A Guide to the Birds of East Africa (Penguin, 2008). He is now wandering through England aboard his boat, the Summer Breeze.
Download or read book The Lion and the Hare written by and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retelling of a traditional East African tale in which a clever hare finds a way to outwit the lion that is terrifying all the other grassland animals.
Download or read book Irish Folk Fairy Tales written by D. L. Ashliman and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tragic heroes, fairy pranks, perilous journeys, and sublime creatures -- the richness and splendour of Irish folk and fairy tales cannot be overstated. Ranging from charming stories of mischievous spirits, to epic legends of fearsome giants and powerful demigods, the misty landscape of Ireland's ancient folklore is rife with thrilling tales that have endured through the ages." -- [Page 2] of cover.
Download or read book Folktales of Zanzibar written by Elena N Grand and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of folktales from Zanzibar originally published in 1901. Folktales of Zanzibar is a collection of folklore from Zanzibar, an area of Tanzania in East Africa. The stories were translated from their native Swahili. These tales were told by natives, who heard them from their parents, who had the tales passed down to them by their ancestors. The reader has the opportunity to get acquainted with the ancient culture and legends of our planet. Folktales of Zanzibar contains of 10 folktales: The Monkey, the Shark, and the Washerman's Donkey The Hare and the Lion The Lion, the Hyena, and the Rabbit The Kites and the Crows Goso, the Teacher The Ape, the Snake, and the Lion Haamdaanee Mkaaah Jeechonee, the Boy Hunter The Magician and the Sultan's Son The Physician's Son and the King of the Snakes Feel and enjoy the spirit of East Africa!
Download or read book Memoirs of a Muhindi written by Mansoor Ladha and published by Regina Collection. This book was released on 2017 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One man's account of Ismaili exile from East Africa in the 1970s, Memoirs of a Muhindi shows what happens when nations turn against entire religious and ethnic groups.
Download or read book Juma and Little Sungura written by Lisa Maria Burgess and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juma doesn't want to be an only child and finally gets his wished for baby sister. In this first book of the "Tanzania Juma Stories," meet four year old Juma and learn about the beautiful country of Tanzania, located in East Africa and bordered by Kenya and Uganda. This book introduces readers to the geography of the country, as well as to Swahili words for family members and the traditions for baby naming. The story is supplemented with a national map of the United Republic of Tanzania, a map of the continent of Africa, and a ki-Swahili language glossary. The Tanzania Juma series also includes _Juma Cooks Chapati_, _Juma on Safari_, and _Juma's Dhow Race_.
Download or read book Stories from Uganda written by James Appe and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting tales from author's native Uganda.
Download or read book Speaking with Vampires written by Luise White and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the colonial period, Africans told each other terrifying rumors that Africans who worked for white colonists captured unwary residents and took their blood. In colonial Tanganyika, for example, Africans were said to be captured by these agents of colonialism and hung upside down, their throats cut so their blood drained into huge buckets. In Kampala, the police were said to abduct Africans and keep them in pits, where their blood was sucked. Luise White presents and interprets vampire stories from East and Central Africa as a way of understanding the world as the storytellers did. Using gossip and rumor as historical sources in their own right, she assesses the place of such evidence, oral and written, in historical reconstruction. White conducted more than 130 interviews for this book and did research in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia. In addition to presenting powerful, vivid stories that Africans told to describe colonial power, the book presents an original epistemological inquiry into the nature of historical truth and memory, and into their relationship to the writing of history.
Download or read book Dangerous Beauty Life and Death in Africa written by Mark C. Ross and published by Miramax Books. This book was released on 2003-03-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 1, 1999, American safari guide Mark Ross was camping with four clients in Uganda searching for endangered mountain gorillas. By day's end, two of these clients and six other tourists were dead at the hands of Rwandan rebels. As a man who loves East Africa, Ross felt betrayed by this horror, which made headlines around the world. He writes, 'The continent has always been the love of my life. Now there is trouble between us.' Dangerous Beauty is the story of that love and trouble. Ross writes here about his close-up encounters with danger and natural beauty in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Uganda. He describes his walks in the bush and the way he teaches his clients to read unearthly silences and stillnesses in the wind that signify trouble. He writes about deadly charges by elephants and the electric excitement of witnessing the mass migrations of wildebeest and zebras. He writes, too, in detail about the terrible events of 1999. Imbued with Ross's passion for East Africa, this is an unforgettable account of a life of remarkable adventures, and a memorable vision of a beautiful, deadly, and fragile world.
Download or read book Little Aariya Goes to Kenya Tanzania and Zanzibar written by Renuka Natu and published by Partridge Publishing India. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every individual is a traveler at heart. It is evolution that has confined and defined our current existence. The mind wanders and wonders seamlessly. Physical travel is a mere extension of this wondrous wandering mind! Our planet is a mine of unexplored treasures, hidden away in varied surroundings against spectacular backdrops and amidst vibrant cultures. Little Aariya Goes to Kenya (and also in Tanzania and Zanzibar) brings one such multitextured wonderland to its readers, which is seen through the curious eyes and mind of a ten-year-old. The safari tales narrated in the book are based on real-life experiences of the author in the abundant animal abode of East Africa over the last four years. Every visit ends up in a new discovery, in a new learning, and in a new high, keeping the author wanting for more. There is no surprise that East Africa enjoys the highest number of repeat travelers, as one visit is never enough. Moreover, the informal nature of the native culture, the warmth of the local people, and the togetherness that you enjoy during the hours spent driving and bonding on the game drives makes it a true family getaway, an experience that is most endearing. It is only in East Africa that one can witness the largest game on planet Earth. Sensational, stunning, sensitive, and surreal!
Download or read book East Africa written by Lila Perl and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1973 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history, geography, people, politics, economy, and social conditions of Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, as well as the serious present-day problems facing these East African nations.
Download or read book A Life in Storytelling written by Binnie Tate Wilkin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Life in Storytelling contains the reflections and lessons from one of the most noted storytellers of our times. Fifty years of storytelling has provided Binnie Tate Wilkin with the experiences and insights to form the basis of a text for the storyteller, both for the professional librarian, teacher or parent wanting to provide children with substance through story. The sections of the book are designed to provide background material for the art and craft of storytelling, the methods and uses of storytelling, sources and examples of stories, and a broad selection of over 100 stories briefly annotated. Included are sections that explain how to derive or adapt stories from current events, history, or imaginative writings and a detailed treatment in the use of dance in storytelling, a technique that, if not invented by Wilkin, has become a trademark of her approach. The treatment is always informal and personal and is interleaved with anecdotes drawn from the author’s more than 50 years of storytelling.
