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    • Author/Creator:Belcher, Stephen Paterson, 1953-
    • Title:African myths of origin / stories selected and retold by Stephen Belcher.
    • ISBN:9780140449457 (pbk.)
      0140449450 (pbk.)
    • Published/Created:London : Penguin, 2005.
    • Physical Description:xxviii, 511 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
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    • Format:Book
    • Series:Penguin classics
    • BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references and index.
    • Contents:Some general themes stories about hunters -- The cattle-herders -- Tricksters -- Stories of kingdoms and peoples -- Ancient Africa -- Peoples of the Upper Nile and East Africa -- Kingdoms of the Great Lakes -- Central East Africa -- The peoples of Southern Africa -- The Central Atlantic -- From the forest to the Niger -- The peoples of the coast -- The Mossi Plateau -- Lake Chad and the Central Sudan -- The kingdoms of the Western Sudan -- The peoples of Senegambia -- The Sahara.
    • Subjects:Tales--Africa.