Suluu buka a jikoo baayi 2
By: edited and printed by W.E.C. International
Contributors: African Language Materials Archive (Project); American Overseas Digital Library
Edition: Electronic edition.
Publisher: African Language Materials Archive
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Dakar, Senegal
Language: man
Subjects: Tales; Mandingo (African people); Folklore; Mandingo language; Readers for new literates
Other titles: Suluu bukaa jikoo baayi, taalin̲ bukoo 2
Description: This booklet (number 2 of 3) offers different stories and folktales. The themes of the stories in 'The hyena will not leave its habit' make interesting reading.  Book 2 includes the encounters of the greedy hyena and the wise, tricky rabbit; the hyena, the old woman and her goats, the lion and the calf; the wasp, etc. All of the stories have moral values intertwined with proverbs and similes. Learners can use the proverbs for further discussion.

Un de trois livres qui présent différentes histoires et contes populaires. Les thèmes de 'L'hyène ne changera jamais' en fait une lecture intéressante. Ce livre (numéro 2) comprend les rencontres de la gloutonne hyène et du sage et rusé lièvre; la vieille femme et ses chèvres; le lion et le veau; la guêpe, etc.

Toutes les histoires suggèrent des valeurs morales illustrées par des proverbes et comparaisons. Les lecteurs peuvent employer les proverbes dans d'autres discussions.

Ñin̲ kitaaboo (kitaabu foloo kitaabu 3 kono) ka taalin̲ jamaa le yitandi. Taalin̲ kun̲ mu men̲ ti wo le mu Suluu Bukaa Jikkoo Bayi. Ñin̲u mu taalin̲ diima baa lu le ti adun̲ i karan̲ diiyata le fanan̲. Ñin̲ kitaaboo (kitaabu fulanjan̲ kitabu 3 kono) ye taalin̲o doo lu soto men̲ nu fatata a nin̲ kitaabu foloo ma. Ñin̲ kitaabu fulanjan̲ ye suluu la hakili dooyaa nin̲ san̲ na feere kuo lu yitandi, suluu, musukeeba nin̲ a la ba--a lu, jata nin̲ ninsirin̲ la kuo, dondoloo anin̲ taalin̲ doo lu.
Notes: In Mandinka.

Prepared as part of the ALMA Project (African Language Materials Archive Project) of WARC (West African Research Center), sponsored by Unesco and hosted on the WEB as part of AODL (American Overseas Digital Library), sponsored by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers and the American Institute of Yemeni Studies.

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Electronic version of: Suluu buka a jikoo baayi 2 / Edited and printed by W.E.C. International. Banjul, The Gambia : W.E.C. International, 1987, rev. 1991. [45] p. : ill. ; 21 cm. 9983900033

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