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The Crest and the hide, and other African stories of heroes, chiefs, bards, hunters, sorcerers, and common people
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- Summary
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Twenty tales and legends from the Ashanti, Mensa, Swahili, Soninke, Tswana, Zulu and other African peoples.
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- Creator
- [compiled by] Harold Courlander ; illustrations by Monica Vachula
- Format
- Books
- Languages
- English, Multiple languages
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, [1982]
- ©1982
- Physical Details
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- 137 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780698205369, 0698205367
- OCLC
- ocm07553593
- The first bard among the Soninke (Soninke) -- A chief names his heirs (Ashanti) -- The crest and the hide (Lega) -- The chief of Agogo and the chief of Mampo (Ashanti) -- The wonderful thing (Bemba) -- Kirama and Kankejan (Soninke) -- Kene Bourama, a Manding hero (Manding and Soninke) -- The hunter and his medicine spear (Bemba) -- Peki, the musician (Yoruba) -- Ngunza, who outwitted death (Mbundu) -- Too much searching (Tswana) -- Famine does not make a man clever (Zulu) -- Liongo, a hero of Shanga (Swahili) -- Musa and Kojere (Hausa) -- The departure of the giants (Mensa, Habab, Beni-Amer, Cunama) -- All things are linked (Lega) -- The great snake of Wagadou (Soninke) -- Moses and Ojje ben Onogh (Somali) -- Journey to Asamando (Ashanti) -- Chief Khama and the duiker (Tswana)