{"product_id":"african-myths-of-origin-isbn-9780140449457","title":"African Myths of Origin","description":"Gathering a wide range of traditional African myths, this compelling new collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflict and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. From impassioned descriptions of animal-creators to dramatic stories of communities forced to flee monstrous crocodiles, all the narratives found here concern origins—whether of the universe, peoples or families. Together, they create a kaleidoscopic picture of the rich and varied oral traditions that have shaped the culture and society of successive generations of Africans for thousands of years, throughout the long struggle to survive and explore this massive and environmentally diverse continent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.African Myths of Origin\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text\u003cbr\u003eList of Maps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Some General Themes\u003cbr\u003eStories About Hunters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The San Peoples of Southern Africa\u003cbr\u003e2. Pygmies of The Central African Forests\u003cbr\u003e3. The Songhay Hunters of the Niger River\u003cbr\u003e4. The Origin of Hunters' Associations: Sanen and Kontron of the Manden\u003cbr\u003e5. How Hunters Learned about Magic\u003cbr\u003e6. The Animal Bride I: The Changed Skin\u003cbr\u003e7. The Animal Bride II: Sirankomi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cattle-Herders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Khoi-Khoi Cattle Stories\u003cbr\u003e9. Fulbe Stories of Cattle\u003cbr\u003e10. The Maasai of East Africa\u003cbr\u003e11. The Great Lakes I: The Origin of Cattle (Rwanda)\u003cbr\u003e12. The Great Lakes II: The Story of Wamara (BaHaya)\u003cbr\u003e13. The Chagga of East Africa: Murile\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTricksters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. Uthlakanyana, the Zulu Child Trickster\u003cbr\u003e15. Stories of Moni-Mambu of the BaKongo\u003cbr\u003e16. Ture, the Zande Trickster\u003cbr\u003e17. Eshu of the Yoruba\u003cbr\u003e18. Legba of the Fon\u003cbr\u003e19. Ananse the Spider, of the Ashanti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Stories of Kingdoms and Peoples\u003cbr\u003eAncient Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20. Egyptian Stories\u003cbr\u003e21. Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeoples of the Upper Nile and East Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e22. The Oromo of Southern Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003e23. The Shilluk of Southern Sudan\u003cbr\u003e24. The Luo of Sudan and Uganda\u003cbr\u003e25. The Gikuyu of Kenya\u003cbr\u003e26. The Swahili of the Coast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKingdoms of the Great Lakes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e27. The Kingdom of Bunyoro\u003cbr\u003e28. The Kingdom of Buganda\u003cbr\u003e29. The Kingdom of Rwanda\u003cbr\u003e30. The Kingdom of Burundi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCentral East Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e31. Nsong'a Lianja, Hero of the Mongo\u003cbr\u003e32. The Kuba Kingdom of the Bushoong: Mboom and Woot\u003cbr\u003e33. The First Kings of the Luba\u003cbr\u003e34. The Kingdoms of the Lunda\u003cbr\u003e35. The Bemba of Zambia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Peoples of Southern Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e36. The Shona of Zimbabwe\u003cbr\u003e37. The Nguni Peoples of Southern Africa: Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi\u003cbr\u003e38. The Khoi-Khoi: Stories of Heitsi-Eibib\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Central Atlantic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e39. The Yaka of the Kwango River\u003cbr\u003e40. The Kingdom of Kongo\u003cbr\u003e41. The Fang of Gabon and Cameroon\u003cbr\u003e42. Jeki la Njambe of the Duala\u003cbr\u003e43. The Bamun Kingdom of Cameroon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Forest to the Niger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e44. The Igbo\u003cbr\u003e45. The Kingdom of the Nupe: Tsoede\u003cbr\u003e46. The Jukun Kingdom of the Kororofa\u003cbr\u003e47. The Bachana and Bata of the Upper Benue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Peoples of the Coast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e48. The City of Benin\u003cbr\u003e49. The Yoruba of South-western Nigeria\u003cbr\u003e50. Borgu and the Legend of Kisra\u003cbr\u003e51. The Fon and the Kingdom of Dahomey\u003cbr\u003e52. The Akan-Ashanti and the Baule of the Forest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mossi Plateau\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e53. The Founding of Gonja\u003cbr\u003e54. A Dagomba Hero\u003cbr\u003e55. The Mossi of Burkina Faso\u003cbr\u003e56. The Dogon of the Bandiagara Escarpment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLake Chad and the Central Sudan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e57. The Sara and Sow of Lake Chad\u003cbr\u003e58. The Kingdom of Bagirmi\u003cbr\u003e59. The Kingdoms of Kanem and Bornu\u003cbr\u003e60. The Hausa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kingdoms of the Western Sudan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e61. The Songhay Peoples of the Middle Niger\u003cbr\u003e62. The City of Djenne\u003cbr\u003e63. The Soninke\u003cbr\u003e64. The Maninka and the Empire of Mali\u003cbr\u003e65. The Bamana of the Middle Niger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Peoples of Senegambia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e66. The Mandinka of Senegambia\u003cbr\u003e67. The Sereer of Senegal\u003cbr\u003e68. Njaajaan Njaay and the Wolof\u003cbr\u003e69. The Futa Tooro\u003cbr\u003e70. Malick Sy and Bondu\u003cbr\u003e71. The Tuareg of the Sahara\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSources and Further Reading\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Belcher \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Cairo, Egypt, and spent much of his childhood in Africa and Europe. He holds a doctorate in Comparative Literature from Brown University and has taught in the history department at Pennsylvania State University. He is the co-editor (with John W. Johnson and Thomas Hale) of \u003ci\u003eVoices from a Vast Continent: Oral Epics from Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of \u003ci\u003eEpic Traditions of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently teaching at the University of Kankan in the Republic of Guinea.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302124409061,"sku":"NP9780140449457","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140449457.jpg?v=1767721090","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/african-myths-of-origin-isbn-9780140449457","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}