Once upon a time in Ghana
Subtitle: traditional Ewe stories retold in English
By: Anna Cottrell, Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah
Contributors: Agbotadua Kumassah, 1943-
Edition: Ghana edition.
Publisher: Afram Publications (Ghana) Limited
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Accra, Ghana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 89
ISBN-13: 9789964701536
Subjects: Ewe (African people); Folklore; Tales
Work titles: Short stories
Description: Recorded on location in the Volta Region in Ghana in 2006-07, these stories are the result of collaboration between Anna Cottrell and Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah. Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah translated the Ewe stories into English and Anna Cottrell has retold them in contemporary English.
Notes: African Studies Association, Children's Africana Book Award
Table of contents: title: Atsu, Atsutse and the wasp; title: The man, the woman and the two children; title: Ayiyi, the animals and the termites; title: Ayiyi, the chief and chillies; title: The goat farmer and the thief; title: The father and the three sons; title: The princess and the dog; title: The frog and the lizard; title: The catfish and the birds; title: The raccoon, the rat and the leopard.