A wonderful collection of short stories, both traditional and modern, by 12 authors from all across Africa. Old fables that have been passed down through the decades sit alongside contemporary tales, giving a stirring insight into the continent and its storytelling tradition. The book includes maps and is boldly illustrated by Veronique herself, giving it an authentic ethnic feel.

 

 

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published in 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

V ronique Tadjo is a writer, a poet, and a former professor at the University of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. She is the author of As the Crow Flies , Red Earth , and Reine Pokou , which was awarded the Grand Prix Litt raire d'Afrique Noire. Catherine Groenewald lives on a small farm in South Africa and is involved with a nonprofit initiative called Siphosenkosi that trains disadvantaged women to make an African rag doll called Nosipho. She is the illustrator of Nosipho Comes to Stay.