Suluu buka a jikoo baayi 3
By: Edited and printed by W.E.C. International, Adult Literacy Department
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 3
Description: This booklet (number 3 of 3) offers different stories and folktales. The themes of 'The hyena will not leave its habit' make interesting reading. Book 3 includes stories about hyena and rabbit; cow, lion, horse, and donkey; the fish and the wild bush; rabbit steals the beans; 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 3) comprend les rencontres de l'hyène et du lièvre; le vache, le lion, le cheval, et l'âne; le poisson et la brousse; le lièvre vole les haricots, 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. Ñinu mu taalin̲ diima baa lu le ti adun̲ i karan̲ diiyata le fanan̲. Ñin̲ kitaaboo (kitaabu sabanjan̲ kitaabu 3 kono) ye taalin̲ doo lu soto men̲ nu nin̲ kitaabu doo lu taa lu fatata. Ñin̲ kitaabu sabanjan̲ ye suluu nin̲ san̲ na kuo fo, ninsi, jata, suu nin̲ fali, ñee nin̲ wula kono fen̲ lu, san̲ na soso suuñaa a nin̲ taalin̲ koten̲ 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 3 / Edited and printed by W.E.C. International. Banjul, The Gambia : W.E.C. International, Adult Literacy Dept., c1994. [38] p. : ill. ; 21 cm. 9983900157

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