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Tales from southern Africa

Title
Tales from southern Africa / translated and retold by A.C. Jordan ; foreword by Z. Pallo Jordan ; introduction and commentaries by Harold Scheub ; illustrations by Feni Dumile.
Author
Jordan, A. C.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1973.

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Additional Authors
  • Dumile, Feni
  • Jordan, Z. Pallo
  • Scheub, Harold
Description
xxiii, 277 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Perspectives on southern Africa, 4
Uniform Title
Perspectives on Southern Africa ; 4.
Subject
  • Indigenous peoples > Africa, Southern > Social structure
  • Haplorhini > anatomy and histology > atlases
  • South Africa
  • Xhosa
  • folk tales (form)
  • 18.92 languages of sub-Saharan Africa
  • Manners and customs
  • Xhosa (language)
  • Africa, Southern > Social life and customs > Fiction
  • Southern Africa
Genre/Form
  • Fictional Work
  • Fiction
  • Fiction.
  • Romans.
Contents
The Turban -- Demane and Demazana -- the Maidens of Bhakubha -- the Story of Nomxakazo -- Nomabhadi and the Mbula-Makhasana -- the King of the Waters -- Sonyangaza and the Ogres -- Siganda and Sigandana -- the Woman and the Mighty Birs -- Sikhamba-nge-nyanga -- Why the Cock Crows at Dawn -- Why the Hippo Has a Stumpy Tail -- Choosing a King.
ISBN
  • 0520019113
  • 9780520019119
LCCN
76145787
OCLC
  • ocm00651604
  • 651604
  • SCSB-873704
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library