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The Girl Who Married a Lion: Adult Edition: Folktales from Africa - Community Reviews back

by Alexander McCall Smith
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Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 13 years ago
I loved, absolutely loved "Guinea Fowl Child".These tales are collected from Zimbabwe and Botswana, and cover a wide range for types. There are trickster tales (mostly with a hare being the trickster), just so tales (why animals do this), and family tales. Anyone who is familiar with Joel Chandler...
Par Lance
Par Lance rated it 17 years ago
Captivating!This is a collection of beautiful little African stories that you can just imagine being told by an elderly lady to the children of her village as they sit in the shade of a tree on the edge of their village.If, like me, you are a fan of Kipling's Just So Stories and the Uncle Remus stor...
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