The ancient Africans
By: by Virginia Schomp.
Series: Myths of the world
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780761430995
Subjects: Mythology, African -- Juvenile literature; Africa -- Civilization -- Juvenile literature; Ethnology -- Africa -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: "A retelling of several ancient African myths, with background information describing the history, geography, belief systems, and customs of various peoples of Africa"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Meet the ancient Africans; title: Continent, many worlds; title: The cradle of humanity; title: Gods and spirits; title: In touch with the spirit world; title: Timeless tales of ancient Africa; title: A Yoruba creation story : Obatala creates the world and humans; title: A Fon fertility myth : the quarrel between the gods; title: A Baronga master-animal story : the wonder-worker-of-the-plains; title: Ashanti trickster tales : Anansi the spider; title: A Nyanga heroic epic : the adventures of Mwindo; title: Khoikhoi and Ashanti stories of death : the message that failed and a visit to the land of the dead.