Talking drums
Subtitle: a selection of poems from Africa south of the Sahara
By: edited and illustrated by Véronique Tadjo.
Contributors: Tadjo, Véronique, 1955-
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books; Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: African poetry (English); African poetry -- Translations into English; African poetry -- Collections
Genres: Collections.
Description: A collection of traditional and twentieth-century poems from sub-Saharan Africa, written in or translated into English, that expresses the spirit and history of this region.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Our universe; title: The animal kingdom; title: Love and celebrations; title: People; title: Death; title: Pride and defiance; title: The changing times.