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Narrative Type
book
Type
book
Intended Audience
Children/juvenile
ISBN
9781566563758

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1566563755
ISBN-13
9781566563758
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1753987

Product Key Features

Book Title
Orphan Girl and Other Stories : West African Folk Tales
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Ethnic, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Juvenile Fiction, Fiction
Author
Buchi Offodile
Book Series
International Folk Tale Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
14 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
00-058063
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"The Orphan Girl," an Igbo story of a cruel stepmother who forces the orphan Chika to retrieve water from the river on the day reserved for the ghosts, is perhaps the most widely known of the folk tales collected here. But the others, from trickster tales to origin stories, are equally fascinating. Although these tales share a common geographical background, they have not been selected on the basis of thematic similarity but rather as an acknowledgment of the complexity and diversity within West Africa. It's disappointing that the bulk of the stories come from Nigeria--more representation from the less populous West African nations would have been a plus-- but even so, there is a wealth of cultural, linguistic, and religious traditions encompassed in the stories, which Offodile has effectively rendered in English. In an informative introduction, Offodile explains his desire to preserve a wide swath of stories from a world that may be changing too fast to hold on to its past. Readers will be grateful that these folk tales have been so artfully preserved. John Green Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved, Kent State professor and storyteller Offodile gathered these folktales, some familiar and some new, from Nigeria (his homeland) and other West African countries. His goal was to collect the stories of the elders before they were completely forgotten. Offodile introduces the collection with a brief discussion of the varied cultures of the region and the function of both story and teller in these societies. The tales are then arranged by country in alphabetical order, each section beginning with a map showing the country's continental location and a page of basic information on its geography and society. There are far more stories from Offodile's native Nigeria than from anywhere else, but the entire region is represented. A glossary and an index of stories by subject is included. Recommended as a solid edition of folktale collections for public and academic libraries, this is also appropriate for middle and high school libraries. Katherine Kaigler-Koenig, Ellis Sch., Pittsburgh Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Dewey Decimal
398.2/0966
Synopsis
Includes 20 to 30 tales, accompanied by an introduction and a historical overview, which give the reader insights into the culture, the folk literature, and the lives of the people in the region., collected and retold by Buchi Offodile Once upon a moonlit night, children gathered elbow to elbow, lying on the ground, while the adults sat near by, drinking and snacking. They listened to the storyteller, who held adult and child alike rapt with animal noises and spooky voices, gesture and song, call and response, until the wick of the palm-oil lamp ran down and the storyteller tired. It wasn't that the stories themselves were over--no, many more were yet to be told: tales of the ever-scheming tortoise, spider, or hare; tales of spirits tempting children; tales of fate punishing whole villages for their folly, or rewarding them for their perseverance. Though almost all the tales have morals, the most popular characters are the tricksters: the tortoise, the spider, and the hare. The Orphan Girl includes a fascinating introduction exploring the roots of the storytelling tradition in the history and culture of West Africa. History's boundaries divide this book by nation, from Mauritania into the continent's interior, to the hinterlands of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, and down the Atlantic coast as far as Cameroon. Each country is represented by several stories, a map and brief information. Invariably though, as all of these countries share common origins and cultures, the stories overlap and play off each other. For example, a Ghanaian story featuring Anansi, the spider, is almost the same tale told by the Igbos of Eastern Nigeria starring Mbe Nwaniga, the tortoise.
LC Classification Number
GR350.3.O33 2000

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