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BEHIND THE BACK OF THE MOUNTAIN. Black Folktales from Southern Africa

Black Folktales from Southern Africa

by Verna Aardema

85 pages · 1973

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About the book

Ten folk legends from southern Africa including: Little Hen Eagle (Zulu) / The Trick on the Trek (Bushman) / Tshinyama's Heavenly Maidens (Tshindao) / How Blue Crane Taught Jackal to Fly (Hottentot) / The Winning of Kwelanga (Zulu) / Sebgugugu the Glutton (Bantu) / This for That (Thonga) / Tsui and the Great Beast (Zulu) / Saso and Gogwana the Witch (Tshindao) / The House in the Middle of the Road (Zulu).

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