The Rare Leaf Yoruba Legends And Love Stories
Download The Rare Leaf Yoruba Legends And Love Stories full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free The Rare Leaf Yoruba Legends And Love Stories ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author | : Olola Olabode Ogunlana |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Remo (African people) |
ISBN | : 9780992686369 |
"There is a rich tradition of storytelling within Yoruba culture, with stories passed down through the generations but never written down .... This book sets out to present a particular sub-group of these: oral stories which have some kind of historical basis, handed down in the Ogere-Remo area (now in Ogun State) in the Remo dialect of Yoruba."--Page 10.
Author | : O̩lábò̩dé Ògúnlàna |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 2021-08-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781977243232 |
Author | : Olola Olabode Ogunlana |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2014-03-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780992686321 |
Author | : Various |
Publisher | : Abela Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2009-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1907256334 |
The Yoruba people are descendants from a variety of West African communities. They are united by Geography, History, Religion and most importantly their Language. The 31 legends and tales in this volume belong to the Yoruba people. They relate the adventures of men and animals, and try to explain the mysteries of Nature - Why Women have Long Hair, How the Leopard got his Spots, the Three Magicians, the Boa- Constrictor, How the Elephant got his Trunk and more. There are 9 extra tales about the adventures of the rascally and mischievous tortoise. These stories grew from the imagination of the people. We read these folk-tales for their quaintness and humour, for their sympathy with Nature, and because we find in them the ideas and ideals, not just of one man, but of a race of people. Many years ago, before the advent of the West African slave trade, the Yoruba people inhabited an area which stretched, along the coast of West Africa, all the way inward and down to Angola in South West Africa. Today this is not the case. In modern times we have begun paying close attention to folklore - old tales, not invented by one man, but belonging to the whole people; not written down, but told by parents to their children, and so handed on for hundreds of years. The legends express primitive notions of right and wrong. As a rule, the wicked are punished and the good rewarded; and that, we feel, is as it should be. We may weep at the death of rascally Tortoise, but we may also feel that he somehow has deserved his fate! A percentage of the net sale from this book will be donated to Edgbarrow School in Crowthorne, Berkshire to augment fundraising for their Ghana Project.
Author | : M. I. Ogumefu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 87 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Legends, Yoruba |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Olola Olabode Ogunlana |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2014-03-01 |
Genre | : Love stories, African (English) |
ISBN | : 9780992686338 |
Author | : M. I. Ogumefu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 2014-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781631820458 |
Author | : Ogumefu I M |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-04-16 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781631829888 |
The legendary of the Yoruba tribe is widely known. Ogumefu's book shows a glimpse of the richness of the culture and beliefs.
Author | : Kemi Morgan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789780291167 |
Author | : Amos Tutuola |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
The author ranks as one of the foremost living traditional African storytellers - as recognised by the acclaim of his first book, The Palmvine Drinkard. This book includes seven folktales especially for young adults, but of universal appeal. Beautiful black and white ink drawings illustrate the tales whose cast of characters include humans, a goddess, an elephant woman, a boa constrictor and a shell-man.