African folk tales
By: [edited by] Hugh Vernon-Jackson ; illustrated by Yuko Green.
Contributors: Vernon-Jackson, Hugh.; Green, Yuko, ill.
Series: Dover children's thrift classics
Publisher: Dover
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Mineola, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Tales -- Africa, West.; Tales -- Nigeria.; Folklore -- Africa, West.
Other titles: African folktales; West African folk tales.; More West African folk tales.
Description: Presents eighteen traditional tales from West Africa, including "The Tortoise and the Leopard," "The Story of Muhammadu," and "The Magic Crocodile."
Notes: Includes bibliographical note.
"New selection of 18 stories from West African folk tales and More West African folk tales, originally published by the University of London Press, Ltd., London, in 1958 and 1963, respectively"--T.p. verso.