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An adaptation of a folktale from southern Africa, in which a magical bird helps a kind young girl get back her people’s stolen cattle from Makucha the monster.
- ISBN: 9780395829080
- Author: Mollel, Tololwa M.
- Illustrator: Litzinger, Rosanne
- Published: 1999 , Clarion Books
- Themes: bird, Magic, monster
- Descriptors: Africa, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Tanzania
- No. of pages: 32