The sacred door and other stories; Cameroon folktales of the Beba
Reference & Research Book News, August, 2008
The sacred door and other stories; Cameroon folktales of the Beba.
Makuchi.
Ohio University Press
2008
205 pages
$16.95
Paperback
Ohio University research in international studies, Africa series; no.86
PR9372
Makuchi (English and comparative literature, North Carolina State U.-Raleigh) retells 33 tales her mother told her as a child in West Africa, the literary styles reflecting various modes of oral tradition among the Beba people. The Foolish Leopard; the Man-Eating Lion; Penis, Testicles, and Vagina; and King-of-Scabies are among them.
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