African folktales
By: selected and edited by Paul Radin.
Contributors: Radin, Paul, 1883-1959.
Series: Princeton/Bollingen paperbacks ;; 200.; Bollingen series.
Publisher: Schocken Books
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Tales -- Africa.
Other titles: African folk tales.
Description: A selection of eighty-one folktales from the many cultures that exist south of the Sahara, African folktales includes tales of the Hausa and the Ashanti, the Bantu, the Bushmen, and the Zulu. The narratives, which range from the mythical tale to the humorous anecdote, are divided into four categories: I. The universe and its beginnings, II. The animal and his world, III. The realm of man, and IV. Man and his fate.
Notes: "Extracted from African folktales and sculpture, Bollingen series XXXII, first published in 1952 and in a revised edition in 1964"--T.p. verso.
Reprint. Originally published: [Princeton, N.J.] : Princeton University Press, [1970, c1952] (Princeton Bollingen paperbacks ; 200) (Bollingen series)
Bibliography: p. 309-310.
Includes index.