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Publisher | |
ISBN | 9780620731041 |
Format | PaperBack |
Language | English, Afrikaans |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Bib. Info | 358p. |
Product Weight | 552 gms. |
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This is a selection of tales gathered in Afrikaans from present-day Karoo storytellers. They animate the harsh but beautiful landscape with lively characters like cunning Jackal, silly Hyena, dangerous Water Snake and the sinister Foot-Eyes. Such tales were first documented among |xam hunter-gatherers in the 1870s by Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd. Unexpectedly they have survived, affirming a strong and continuing tradition of oral storytelling in South Africa. They're presented here with English translation.