Fourteen hundred cowries : and other African tales
This is a collection of thirty-one folktales "about people and animals, nature and the gods. Many attempt to explain some aspect of nature, whil others distill the wisdom of the Ancient Yorubas of Africa."
Artwork Details
- Title: Fourteen hundred cowries : and other African tales
- Author: Abayomi Fuja
- Illustrator: Ademola Olugebefola
- Publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
- Date: 1971
- Geography: New York, New York
- Dimensions: 256 pages : illustrations ; Height: 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)
- Object Number: B 004257
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