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Author : Thelma Grace Sithole
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1466922036
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (669 download)
Download or read book Children's Folk Tales from Zimbabwe written by Thelma Grace Sithole and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : V. T. Kandimba
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465322388
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Folk Tales from Zimbabwe written by V. T. Kandimba and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While he was growing up, Tsuro, the bunny rabbit, learned the hard way to treat others as he wanted to be treated by them. Being street smart is good, but its not always the best way to live with others. As children, we must never look down on people. We can learn something from our friends no matter how different they are. Amazingly, Kamba, the turtle proved that slow is the new fast. I, Victoria Taurai Kandimba, a mother of four, born and raised in rural Zimbabwe am a natural storyteller. I was inspired by my grandparents who were great folk storytellers as I grew up. I moved to the USA in 2000. In the warm evenings, in a dimly lit hut, after dinner, my two grandmothers, Mandisiya and Taurai, would entertain the family with these folk stories while we shelled peanuts. Everyone took part in discussions to discipline or praise characters in these tales and we thoroughly enjoyed it. They were parables that taught children to grow into good responsible people.
Author : Jane Morris
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 0797446486
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (974 download)
Download or read book Where to Now? written by Jane Morris and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2011 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writing in this collection, at times dark, at times laced with comedy, is set against the backdrop of Zimbabwe's 'lost decade' of rampant inflation, violence, economic collapse and the flight of many of its citizens. Its people are left to ponder - where to now? ... In these pages you will meet the prostitute who gets the better of her brothers when they try to marry her off, the wife who is absolved of the charge of adultery, the hero who drowns in a bowser of cheap beer and the poetry slammer who does not get to perform his final poem. And many more."--Back cover
Author : Chisiya
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781469171746
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Afrikan Lullaby written by Chisiya and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains African folktales, quizzes and proverbs as traditionally told (by the Ndau people), typically by a grandmother, to children in the evenings. These folktales are passed through this oral tradition from generation to generation and form a critical cultural upbringing that shapes the morals, value systems and way of life of the African societies. The stories told to children from an early age each has a moral teaching or is built around some ancient African words of wisdom . Whilst Chisiya was studying in England (1979 to 1985), and also starting a family he wrote the folktales initially for his children, but the stories got popular with friends, culminating in the Sheffield Education department (through Chris Searle their multi-cultural adviser) asking Chisiya to tell some of his grandmothers folktales to schools in 1985. Chisiya was hosted by Ellesmere and Pye Bank First schools in Sheffield, where the children would make illustrations about the stories. Now these original children s drawings have been used in this book. Afrikan Lullaby was first published in 1986 by Karia Press; and this is now its second publication.
Author : Chisiya
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469171767
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (691 download)
Download or read book Afrikan Lullaby written by Chisiya and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains African folktales, quizzes and proverbs as traditionally told (by the Ndau people), typically by a grandmother, to children in the evenings. These folktales are passed through this oral tradition from generation to generation and form a critical cultural upbringing that shapes the morals, value systems and way of life of the African societies. The stories told to children from an early age each has a moral teaching or is built around some ancient African ‘words of wisdom’. Whilst Chisiya was studying in England (1979 to 1985), and also starting a family he wrote the folktales initially for his children, but the stories got popular with friends, culminating in the Sheffield Education department (through Chris Searle – their multi-cultural adviser) asking Chisiya to tell some of his grandmothers’ folktales to schools in 1985. Chisiya was hosted by Ellesmere and Pye Bank First schools in Sheffield, where the children would make illustrations about the stories. Now these original children’s drawings have been used in this book. Afrikan Lullaby was first published in 1986 by Karia Press; and this is now its second publication.
Author : Vt Kandimba
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781441542809
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (428 download)
Download or read book Folk Tales from Zimbabwe written by Vt Kandimba and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While he was growing up, Tsuro, the bunny rabbit, learned the hard way to treat others as he wanted to be treated by them. Being street smart is good, but it's not always the best way to live with others. As children, we must never look down on people. We can learn something from our friends no matter how different they are. Amazingly, Kamba, the turtle proved that slow is the new fast. I, Victoria Taurai Kandimba, a mother of four, born and raised in rural Zimbabwe am a natural storyteller. I was inspired by my grandparents who were great folk storytellers as I grew up. I moved to the USA in 2000. In the warm evenings, in a dimly lit hut, after dinner, my two grandmothers, Mandisiya and Taurai, would entertain the family with these folk stories while we shelled peanuts. Everyone took part in discussions to discipline or praise characters in these tales and we thoroughly enjoyed it. They were parables that taught children to grow into good responsible people.
Author : Chisiya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Afrikan Lullaby written by Chisiya and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Victoria Taurai Kandimba
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781441542816
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (428 download)
Download or read book Folktales from Zimbabwe written by Victoria Taurai Kandimba and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While he was growing up, Tsuro, the bunny rabbit, learned the hard way to treat others as he wanted to be treated by them. Being street smart is good, but it's not always the best way to live with others. As children, we must never look down on people. We can learn something from our friends no matter how different they are. Amazingly, Kamba, the turtle proved that slow is the new fast. I, Victoria Taurai Kandimba, a mother of four, born and raised in rural Zimbabwe am a natural storyteller. I was inspired by my grandparents who were great folk storytellers as I grew up. I moved to the USA in 2000. In the warm evenings, in a dimly lit hut, after dinner, my two grandmothers, Mandisiya and Taurai, would entertain the family with these folk stories while we shelled peanuts. Everyone took part in discussions to discipline or praise characters in these tales and we thoroughly enjoyed it. They were parables that taught children to grow into good responsible people.
Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3945004020
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp written by Andrew Lang and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-11-18 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aladdin‘s wonderful lamp, which he took from inside the earth where it burned in the niche of a pavilion in an enchanted garden, is certainly the most famous lamp in the world. Its wish-fulfilling power has spread around the world in 1001 Nights in all languages and has been retold in many variations and illustrated by famous artists. This book contains the text version from “The Blue Fairy Book” edited by Andrew Lang and is illustrated by famous illustrators from the Art Nouveau period. It is set in large print for easy reading.
Author : Victoria Mushaba Chimhutu
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1524550388
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (245 download)
Download or read book The Hare Gets Married and Other Tales written by Victoria Mushaba Chimhutu and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is inspired by folktales that my grandmother narrated to me when I was a child. Growing up in rural Zimbabwe, we would sit around the fire in our mud hut after dinner and listen to my grandmothers storytelling long into the night. This book is a collection of different folktales that happened a long time ago, somewhere deep in the forests of Zimbabwe. The folktales sometimes feature some interaction between and among animals and sometimes a combination of animals and humans. The folktales are didactic in nature, thus they often end up depicting important life lessons.
Author : Aaron C. Hodza
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Shona Folk Tales written by Aaron C. Hodza and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nelson Mandela
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393052125
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales written by Nelson Mandela and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mandela, the Nobel Laureate for Peace, has selected 32 African stories for this extraordinary new book, an anthology that presents Africa's oldest folk tales to the children of the world. Full color.
Author : Raisedon Baya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Around the Fire written by Raisedon Baya and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leo Frobenius
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486409112
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)
Download or read book African Genesis written by Leo Frobenius and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of African folk tales and myths.
Author : Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher : Crocodile Books
ISBN 13 : 9781566563147
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (631 download)
Download or read book Children of Wax written by Alexander McCall Smith and published by Crocodile Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 27 stories collected from the Ndebele people of Zimbabwe demonstrate the wealth and variety of traditional African folk tales.
Author : Geo. Mc Call Theal
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465517359
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Kaffir Folk-Lore: A Selection From The Traditional Tales Current Among The People Living On The Eastern Border of The Cape Colony With Copious Explanatory Notes written by Geo. Mc Call Theal and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of late years a great deal of interest has been taken in the folklore of uncivilized tribes by those who have made it their business to study mankind. It has been found that a knowledge of the traditionary tales of a people is a key to their ideas and a standard of their powers of thought. These stories display their imaginative faculties; they are guides to the nature of the religious belief, of the form of government, of the marriage customs, in short, of much that relates to both the inner and the outer life of those by whom they are told. These tales also show the relationship between tribes and peoples of different countries and even of different languages. They are evidences that the same ideas are common to every branch of the human family at the same stage of progress. On this account, it is now generally recognised that in order to obtain correct information concerning an uncivilized race, a knowledge of their folklore is necessary. Without this a survey is no more complete than, for instance, a description of the English people would be if no notice of English literature were taken. It is with a view of letting the people we have chosen to call Kaffirs describe themselves in their own words, that these stories have been collected and printed. They form only a small portion of the folklore that is extant among them, but it is believed that they have been so selected as to leave no distinguishing feature unrepresented. Though these traditionary tales are very generally known, there are of course some persons who can relate them much better than others. The best narrators are almost invariably ancient dames, and the time chosen for story telling is always the evening. This is perhaps not so much on account of the evening being the most convenient time, as because such tales as these have most effect when told to an assemblage gathered round a fire circle, when night has spread her mantle over the earth, and when the belief in the supernatural is stronger than it is by day. Hence it may easily happen that persons may mix much with Kaffirs without even suspecting that they have in their possession a rich fund of legendary lore.
Author : Edison Mhaka
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781517657925
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (579 download)
Download or read book Mermaids and Mermen-Njuzu Myths Among the Shona of Zimbabwe written by Edison Mhaka and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-10-04 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author chose the subject of mermaids (njuzu) because there is something interesting in the njuzu mystery. As the reader will discover, Shona myths about njuzu make very interesting reading as they seem to answer some questions related to the mysterious nature of njuzu. The word myth has been given different meanings. In common use, the word has been used to refer to untrue or fictitious stories. In this sense, myths are defined as stories not based on reality but the people's imaginations. In this book, however, the term is used with a specialised meaning which it has in religious studies. In religious studies, myths have been viewed as sacred narratives that reveal ultimate truth and realities (Eiade,1959:14).The special sense of the word myth was also noted by Aschwanden(1989) who observed that to the Karanga, mythology is experienced reality. Aschwanden's observation about the Karanga view on mythology equally applies to the Shona in general. To the Shona therefore, myths are an aspect of reality. The basis of njuzu myths are the lived experiences of the Shona people. To the Shona, njuzu myths are understood in a specialised religious sense which associates myths and reality. Thus, njuzu myths are taken seriously by the Shona. Some of the njuzu myths in this book are based on dreams. The Shona take their dreams seriously. Njuzu related dreams are therefore regarded by the Shona as part of lived reality. Hence, we find some Shona who give testimonies about njuzu based on their dreams. Available literature indicates that myths about mermaids are a culturally universal phenomenon going back to time immemorial. Myths about this legendary creature are found in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, America, the Far East and Africa.Different cultural groups have different names for this largely aquatic creature .It is called merrow by the Irish, Mami Wata by the West Africans, rusakals by the Russians and naiads by the Greeks. In Southern Africa' mermaids are referred to as Abantubomlambo by the Xhosa of South Africa (Elliot, 1970) and njuzu or nzuzu by the Shona of Zimbabwe (Gelfand, 1979). The word njuzu or nzuzu is used in singular or plural form. Thus, the Shona, like other cultural groups the world over, have myths related to mermaids and mermen.....
