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The inhabitants of South Africa divide their activities by day and night, as the animals in Kruger National Park go about their business while the people of Johannesburg sleep and then lie down in the shade as the people wake up.
Materials from Africa
The inhabitants of South Africa divide their activities by day and night, as the animals in Kruger National Park go about their business while the people of Johannesburg sleep and then lie down in the shade as the people wake up.
A grandmother explains to her listeners why in their village on the side of a volcano the men live in square houses and the women in round ones.
Anansi and his wife outsmart the Sky God and win back the beloved folktales of their people.
A young Ashanti boy describes some of the wonders of his life in and around the West African village of Bonwire.
A South African girl describes her pet chicken, painting special designs on her house, dressing up for school, and her mischievous brother.
Osa’s grandmother tells her a tale about the sins of pride and helps Osa gain a better perspective on what things are important.
It is Grandmother Bibi’s ninetieth birthday and when she travels to Tanzania from America to visit her son and grandchildren they surprise her with a birthday safari.
Ondu-ahlem carefully trains his pigeons and prepares them for the day when he and other Ethiopian boys test the homing instinct and loyalty of their precious birds.
Imani, an African grasshopper, brings music to the new world when he travels aboard a slave ship.
For millennia, Somalia has been crossed and recrossed by camel caravans of merchants bringing stories with them. Elizabeth Laird heard most of these oral retellings in Jigjiga, the capital of Ethiopia’s Somali region, in gardens, bars, small huts and beautiful old Harari houses. Some of them are written down here for the very first time.