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Moral Lessons in African Folktales

Author : Kwame A. Insaidoo
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1456722298
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book Moral Lessons in African Folktales written by Kwame A. Insaidoo and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges us to take a cursory glance at our contemporary world, where modern man's scientific and technological ingenuity has led him to soar thorough the galaxy and made the heavens part of his domain; and contrast that with his level of morality today. Open any newspaper or listen to the radio and television news and you can't help but lament on the appalling moral depravity and obscene behavior of our contemporary man. With this intractable moral depravity on the ascendancy, the author nostalgically reminiscences the upright morality of yesteryears, and admonishes us to heed Plato's philosophical advice: 'now since men are by nature acquisitive, jealous, combative, and erotic, how shall we persuade them to behave themselves? By the policeman's omnipresent club? {now, AK 47}. It is a brutal method, costly and irritating. There is a better way, and this is by lending to the moral requirements of the community. Throughout this book the author emphasizes the significance of proper moral education in shaping the character of children, youngsters and even adults, and reminds us: 'morals are the rules by which society exhorts its members and associations to behavior consistent with its 'order, security and growth' {Will & Ariel Durant}. The author noted that in traditional African societies, the wise elders, like the ancient Greek philosophers, strongly emphasized the teachability of moral values and deliberately inculcated them into their youngsters. The stories in this book are folktales filled with moral lessons that have been handed down from many generations to the present in many African countries from Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroons, Liberia, the Gambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania to Zimbabwe. The traditional African elders successfully utilized these folktales to socialize their youngsters to the moral requirements of their society to insure stability, harmonious relations, order, security and growth.

Moral Lessons in African Folktales

Author : Kwame Afadzi Insaidoo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789988134907
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Moral Lessons in African Folktales written by Kwame Afadzi Insaidoo and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African Folktales

Author : Roger Abrahams
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0307803198
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book African Folktales written by Roger Abrahams and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2011-08-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages—from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American folklorist Roger D. Abrahams has selected ninety-five tales that suggest both the diversity and the interconnectedness of the people who live there. The storytellers weave imaginative myths of creation and tales of epic deeds, chilling ghost stories, and ribald tales of mischief and magic in the animal and human realms. Abrahams renders these stories in a narrative voice that reverberates with the rhythms of tribal song and dance and the emotional language of universal concerns. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Where the Leopard Passes

Author : Geraldine Elliot
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where the Leopard Passes written by Geraldine Elliot and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1971 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales

Author : Nelson Mandela
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393052125
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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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.

The First Music

Author : Dylan Pritchett
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1684440270
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book The First Music written by Dylan Pritchett and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: When the animals get together in the jungle, they discover that the noise that they have been making is indeed music. Celebrated author and master storyteller, Dylan Pritchett weaves a tale that helps us discover that we all have music inside just waiting to come out when the time is right. This original award winning story is based on the model of traditional African folktales.

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky

Author : Elphinstone Dayrell
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395539637
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky written by Elphinstone Dayrell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1968 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sun and Moon must leave their earthly home after Sun invites the Sea to visit.

African Folktales from My Childhood

Author : Alieh Kimbeng
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1982263873
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book African Folktales from My Childhood written by Alieh Kimbeng and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oral history is a key part of West African oral tradition used to pass down values and traditions from one generation to the next. Folktales are part of African oral history and are usually filled with wisdom, which convey a moral or teach a lesson. As a child, Alieh's Father usually told them stories. Storytelling was a part of their family, and these stories had been passed down from one generation to the next. Some of these stories were used by Alieh's father to teach her and her siblings a lesson. As Alieh grew older, she realized that she could not remember most of these stories, and this oral tradition was being lost, so she decided to capture them. This book is a collection of stories that have been passed down from one generation to the next but have never been written down or visually represented. The name "Tales from my Childhood" represents stories from everyone's childhood regardless of their age. Through this book, Alieh hopes to bring back storytelling to families.

African Folk Tales

Author : Kwaku A. Adoboli
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480980137
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book African Folk Tales written by Kwaku A. Adoboli and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Folk Tales By: Kwaku A. Adoboli The author picked up his love of folk tales from his father and his uncle, Okuma Totokpuiti Gamega. In the evening, the kids and some adults sat in a circle around the storytellers listening to the tales. The audience was alive and active, interjecting short songs, remarks, and dances as the tales progressed. Folk tales are for entertainment. That is why the songs and dances come in. The tellers themselves may sing and dance. The children are allowed to tell their tales. Folk tales also teach lessons in obedience, loyalty, forgiveness, justice, and more. Folk tales encompass oral literature, adages, grammar, and dos and don’ts of the language. The tales are meant to teach the young people the customs and norms of their society. They are different from oral history. Oral histories are more involved and cover the behaviors and experiences of the people. The author’s father told these tales with animation, joy, and happiness in three languages: IGO, EWE, and TWI. The tales are universal and can be told in any language. Interpret and propound wisdoms to children and adults in any society. The Western World is aware of the famous African drums, rhythms, and songs. Now the author brings you the unique folk tales. They are not poems to repeat word by word. They are not told the same way twice. The readers can embellish and adjust them to given situations, use them in entertainment, or in expounding moral lessons. Folk tales are for action and are full of active verbs. All the American based tales were originated by the author.

African Folktale Series

Author : Dan Odei
Publisher : Icon Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9789988856687
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book African Folktale Series written by Dan Odei and published by Icon Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautifully illustrated, collectable library of easy-to-read traditional folktale with their moral lessons, test questions, and activities for the young ones, classic African stories are brought magically to reality. The stories in the African Folktale Series (AFS) are filled with moral lessons that have been handed down from many generations to the present in many African countries from Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroons, Liberia, the Gambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania to Zimbabwe. The traditional African elders who inhabited an ancient continent brimming with wisdom successfully utilized these folktales to socialize their youngsters to the moral requirements of their society to insure order, security and growth.

The Happy Man

Author : Ron R Price
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book The Happy Man written by Ron R Price and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Happy Man is another African folktale. It is a story of a wealthy African king who seemingly has everything _ power, food and a loving family. Yet he insists on finding the secret to happiness. So begins an interaction between the king, his subjects and one wise old man. In the end, there are lessons learned. Much like Aesop's Fable, these stories address the same moral lessons, except they take place in the jungles of Africa. The book is an easy read augmented with fantastic full-page color images.

Patience Pays

Author : Abraham Ajibade Adeleke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781425934743
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Patience Pays written by Abraham Ajibade Adeleke and published by . This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore and enjoy the life of a Godly family, who eventually discovered that it always pays to be patient in everything. This story book is one of the delightful African Oral Tradition. They are designed for thought provoking responses long after an adult has shared the story. Moral lessons and questions are made available at the end of the story, to increase reader retention. Be sure to encourage your child or children to point out the main objects or persons in this interesting African Folk Tale.

Virtues in African Stories

Author : Kwame Afadzi Insaidoo
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665521457
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Virtues in African Stories written by Kwame Afadzi Insaidoo and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These thrilling, whimsically and action packed anthology of adventurous stories bring to life some vital aspects of traditional African culture. These wonderful African traditional stories offer a rare glimpse into a portion of African traditional culture not often openly discussed outside many remote villages they originate from. As you peer through these pages be prepared to be thrilled and amazed as some aspects of ancient African culture are brought to life through amazing story telling. Most of the stories are used to reinforce the traditional virtues in these tribal societies. Some of the stories illustrate and exemplify what happens to youngsters when they choose to follow the century old African tradition and culture; and when another youngster deviates from the traditional African values of respecting and honoring their elders. And yes, some of the stories are told to young girls in rural areas as cautionary tales to keep them from marrying total strangers outside their respective tribes. Most of the stories and folktales here are fictionalized and many characters borrowed from various cultures to entertain the reading audience, while imparting numerous traditional virtues and morals into the youngsters. The ancient traditional African elders strongly believe in inculcating and ingraining these societal virtues into their youngsters, because like the ancient Greek philosophers, the African elders deeply concurred with Plato’s enunciation that: “Now since men are by nature acquisitive, jealous, combative and erotic, how shall we persuade them to behave themselves? By the Policeman’s omnipresent club? It is a brutal method, costly and irritating. There is a better way, and this is by lending to the moral requirements of the community.”

African Myths and Folk Tales

Author : Carter Godwin Woodson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486114287
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book African Myths and Folk Tales written by Carter Godwin Woodson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-05 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled by the "Father of Black History," these fables unfold amid a magical realm of tricksters and fairies. Recounted in simple language, they will enchant readers and listeners of all ages. Over 60 illustrations.

African Tales

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781878893154
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book African Tales written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twelve stories dealing with the folklore and fables of this African region.

Nigerian Folktales and Other Stories

Author : Kingsley Nwabia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781537175850
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Nigerian Folktales and Other Stories written by Kingsley Nwabia and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-10 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigerian folktales & Other stories, is a collection of 13 stories from Nigerian and African folklore. Beautifully illustrated, the presentation is as pleasing as the stories are entertaining, with high moral lessons for the reader as is customary with most African stories.

The Best of African Folklore

Author : Phyllis Savory
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1432304917
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book The Best of African Folklore written by Phyllis Savory and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa has a wonderfully rich store of folk tales that have been passed down from one generation to the next. There are stories about how the world came into being, stories that tell of the relationships between human beings and between man and his environment, and of the lessons to be learned from everyday experience. The tales are like the fairy talkes told all over the world, but they have a strong African flavour that is as real as the smell of rain on hot earth. The Best of African Folklore takes the reader into an enchanted world where animals can talk and humans are often changed into different forms, where magic is commonplace and reality is turned delightfully on its head. Despite numerous setbacks, things usually turn out all right in the end. Wicked and greedy people (and animals) come off worst and the good receive their just rewards. The gods are stern but fair, and every story has a moral for those who are wise enough to see it.